Meauwataka ( ) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
U.S. state of
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
. Located in
Colfax Township,
Wexford County, Meauwataka is part of
Northern Michigan, and is located within the
Cadillac micropolitan area. As an unincorporated community, Meauwataka has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
History
Meauwataka takes its name from a
Potawatomi word meaning "halfway", as the community is located roughly halfway between
Lake Mitchell and the
Manistee River along the
Old Indian Trail. The community was settled in 1867, and was first known as Dayhuff Lake, after a nearby lake. A post office under the name 'Meauwataka' opened in 1872, lasting until 1952.
See also
*
List of Michigan placenames of Native American origin
References
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Unincorporated communities in Wexford County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Populated places established in 1867
1867 establishments in Michigan