Lake Fenton is a

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(CDP) in Fenton Charter Township, Genesee County in the

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. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,559, up from 4,876 at the 2000 census. The CDP includes the

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of Bayport Park and Lakeside. The Lake Fenton Community Schools district overlaps a portion of this and adjacent areas. The school district and community are named after Lake Fenton, formerly known as Long Lake. A community was

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ted as "Mount Pleasant" by John Cook in 1840, with a second plat added in 1845. The name was changed to "Long Lake" in 1850, and a post office with that name opened on March 6, 1851. The lake was subsequently renamed "Lake Fenton", and the platted settlement became extinct. In 1932, the United States Board on Geographic Names decided on "Lake Fenton" as the official name of the lake. Astronaut

Michael J. Bloomfield Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born March 16, 1959) is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Early life and education Born in Flint and raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield received his bache ...

grew up in Lake Fenton (his address was officially

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, and he was born in

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Communities

* Lakeside is an

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on the east side of Lake Fenton at , a short distance north of Fenton. *Bayport Park is an unincorporated community on the north side of Lake Fenton at with elevation at .

Geography

The Lake Fenton CDP occupies the northeast corner of Fenton Township, bordered to the north by Mundy Township, to the west by the rest of Fenton Township, to the south by the city of Fenton, and to the east by Holly Township in

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. All but the southern end of Lake Fenton, the water body, is located within the Lake Fenton CDP; the southern end of the lake is in the city of Fenton. Other lakes in the CDP include Petts Lake, Crooked Lake, McCully Lake, Dollar Lake, Little Long Lake, and Barnum Lake. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 23.51%, is water. From the center of the Lake Fenton CDP, it is south to the center of Fenton city, and north to downtown

, via Fenton Road.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,876 people, 1,886 households, and 1,433 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,076 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.09%

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, 0.25%

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, 0.45% Native American, 0.66%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.27% from

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, and 1.27% from two or more races. 1.39% of the population were

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of any race. There were 1,886 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.97. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $67,885, and the median income for a family was $82,366. Males had a median income of $54,559 versus $32,804 for females. The

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for the CDP was $32,717. 3.2% of the population and 1.0% of families were below the

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. Out of the total population, 1.1% of those under the age of 18 and 4.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

References

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