Cambria, Michigan

Cambria, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Looking south along Cambria Road
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Coordinates: 41°49′19″N84°39′54″W / 41.82194°N 84.66500°W / 41.82194; -84.66500
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Hillsdale
Township	Cambria
Settled	1835
Platted	1878
Area [1]
• Total	1.26 sq mi (3.26 km2)
• Land	1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,070 ft (330 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	258
• Density	208.74/sq mi (80.57/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49242 (Hillsdale)
Area code	517
FIPS code	26-12680
GNIS feature ID	622501 [2]

Cambria is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 258 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Cambria Township.

History

Road signage along Lilac Road

The area was first settled as early as 1835 when John and Andrew McDermid built a sawmill. Other settlers arrived by 1837, and a post office opened on December 14, 1840. The post office was named Woodbridge after Michigan governor William Woodbridge. By the next year, the community and township was named Cambria after Cambria, New York, which was the hometown of many of the early settlers. The post office was also renamed Cambria on June 1, 1841, and operated until August 22, 1853. The community was platted in 1878. The nearby Cambria Mills post office opened on April 17, 1848. This post office was later renamed and transferred to Cambria on November 28, 1882, but later closed completely on September 17, 1906. ^[3]

For the 2020 census, Cambria was included as a newly listed census-designated place, which is included for statistical purposes only. Cambria continues to remain an unincorporated community with no legal autonomy of its own. ^{[4] [5]}

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.26 square miles (3.26 km²), of which 1.24 square miles (3.21 km²) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) (2.38%) is water. ^[1]

The community is served by Reading Community Schools to the west in Reading. ^[6]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	258		—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cambria, Michigan
3. Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-8143-1838-6.
4. U.S. Census Bureau (2020). "State of Michigan Census Designated Places" . Retrieved July 9, 2021.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cambria Census Designated Place
6. Michigan Geographic Framework (November 15, 2013). "Hillsdale County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.