Oden is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Emmet County in the
U.S. state
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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, ...
. As of the
2010 census, the CDP had a population of 363.
It is located within
Littlefield Township.
Geography
Oden is located in southeastern Emmet County, in
Littlefield Township, on the north shore of
Crooked Lake.
U.S. Route 31 passes through the community, leading southwest to
Petoskey, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
, and northeast to
Alanson.
The community of Oden was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the Oden CDP has a total area of , all of it land.
Education
In much of the CDP, the school district is
Alanson Public Schools. In western parts, the district is
Public Schools of Petoskey.
Demographics
References
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Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Emmet County, Michigan
Census-designated places in Emmet County, Michigan
Census-designated places in Michigan