- State:MichiganCounty:Bay CountyCity:LinwoodCounty FIPS:26017Coordinates:43°44′21″N 83°57′44″WElevation:584 ftEstablished:1872; Settled 1872
- Latitude:43,7413Longitude:-83,9961Dman name cbsa:Bay City, MITimezone:Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC-5:00; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC-4:00ZIP codes:48634GMAP:
Linwood, Bay County, Michigan, United States
- Population:12,881Unemployment rate:12.10%
Linwood is a small unincorporated community in the northern portion of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated with M-13 to the west and the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron on the east. The waters off Linwood are known for their excellent perch and walleye fishing. The Linwood post office has ZIP code 48634 and serves the northern portions of Kawkawlin Township and Beaver Township and the southern portions of Fraser Township and Garfield Township. At the 2000 census, the population of the Zip Code Tabulation Area for 486 34 was 4,684.Radio station WSAG-FM (104.1) is licensed to Linwood by the Federal Communications Commission. Every August, the Pickle Festival is held in Linwood. The Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area is three miles to the north. Both are popular places for bird observation and the Tobico Marsh is popular with seasonal waterfowl hunters. The community is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, though its studios are in Saginawan, about 12 miles south of the post office. The name Linwood is derived from a combination of the words "line" and "wood", since it was on the line between two different townships and it was also heavily wooded. The settlement began as "Terry's Station", a depot on the Mackinaw division of the Michigan Central Railroad, named for James G. Terry, the head of a local lumber company.
History
The settlement began as "Terry's Station", a depot on the Mackinaw division of the Michigan Central Railroad. On June 28, 1882, the name was changed to Linwood, derived from a combination of the words "line" and "wood", since it was on the line between two different townships and it was also heavily wooded. The railroad station was renamed "Linwood Park" on June 6, 1877. The post office opened on February 21, 1872, and closed on February 16, 1874, but was reestablished in June 1877, when it was called "Terry Station" It was renamed Linwood Park on June 27, 1883. The name was later changed to "Terry Park" in honor of James G. Terry, the first postmaster of a post office named "Terry station", which opened in 1872. It was named after Terry, who was the head of a local lumber company. It is now a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, with a population of about 3,000. The town is located in the U.S. state of Michigan, and was once part of the state of Indiana. It has a population center of about 2,000, with the majority of its residents living in or near the town of Macomb. It also has a university, which was founded in 1876, and has a post-secondary school, which opened on September 1, 1881. The city's name is derived from the word "Terry", which means "lumber" or "wood".
ZIP code area and demographics
The Linwood post office has ZIP code 48634 and serves the northern portions of Kawkawlin Township and Beaver Township. At the 2000 census, the population of the Zip Code Tabulation Area for 486 34 was 4,684. The post office is located in the town of Linwood, New Jersey. The ZIP code area has a population of 4,683 as of the 2000 census as of the zip code tabulation area for 48634 and 4,684 as of the 2010 Census Population of 4,686. The zip code area includes the towns of Fraser Township and Garfield Township, as well as parts of Beaver Township and Lincolns Township. It is located on the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to New Jersey and New Jersey via the N.J.-Pennsylvania border. The Zip code area is in the northern part of New Jersey, and the southern part of Pennsylvania. It includes the communities of Beaver, Lincorps, Fraser, and Garfield. It also includes parts of the townships of Lincosburg, Beaver Township, and Lancaster, which are in the southern portion of the state. It has a ZIP code of 48636. The population of this ZIP code is 4,674 as of 2010 Census as well as the population of the Zip Code Tabulation Area for 48638 and 4,637 in the 2010 Census.
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Linwood's population in Bay County, Michigan of 1,518 residents in 1900 has increased 8,49-fold to 12,881 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.