Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,202,362, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, behind neighboring Wayne County. The county seat is Pontiac. The county was founded in 1819 and organized in 1820.
Independence Township is a charter township of Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Waterford Township is a charter township in the geographic center of Oakland County, Michigan, United States.
The Clinton River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. It is named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, who was governor of New York from 1817 to 1823.
Loon Lake is a freshwater lake located in Waterford Township, Michigan. It borders Dixie Highway on the west and is south of Walton Blvd. on the north. The sand-bottom lake is 243 acres, making it the 18th largest lake in Oakland County, Michigan and one of the largest in Waterford Township.
Elizabeth Lake is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Elizabeth Lake has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.
Van Norman Lake is a private, all-sports, 66-acre lake along the main branch of the Clinton River, in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the lake lies within Independence Township; however, the southern portion of the lake is in Waterford Township.
Waterford Hill is located in Independence Township, in Oakland County, Michigan, 0.4 miles north of Waterford Village. The hill is classified as a summit. It extends from east of Dixie Highway including Ottawa Park Cemetery to the east, to Maple Lane in Moon Valley to the north, to Parview Drive and Greens Lake to the west, to Van Norman Lake to the south.
Greens Lake is a private, all-sports, 117-acre lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. The lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.
Woodhull Lake is a 135-acre all-sports lake located in central Oakland County, Michigan. The lake has a maximum depth of 56 feet. It is located in both Waterford Township and Independence Township.
Oakland Lake is a 255-acre lake located in central Oakland County in both Waterford Township and Independence Township.
Deer Lake is an all-sports, 137-acre lake along the main branch of the Clinton River. The lake, with a maximum depth of 63 feet, lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.
Townsend Lake is a 26-acre lake in Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan along the main branch of the Clinton River.
Lester Lake is a lake in Oakland County, Michigan lake along the main branch of the Clinton River.
Lotus Lake is an all-sports, 185-acre Oakland County, Michigan lake along the Clinton River. Most of the lake lies within Waterford Township, however the northern portion of the lake is in Independence Township.
Middle Lake is a lake at an elevation of 968 feet (295 m). It is along the main branch of the Clinton River. The 35 feet (11 m) deep lake lies within Independence Township in Oakland County, Michigan.
Spring Lake is a lake located along Maybee Road at an elevation of 863 feet (263 m).
Parke Lake is a lake at an elevation of 988 feet (301 m).
Walters Lake is a 77-acre, 76-feet deep lake.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office is the largest "full service" Sheriff's Office in the State of Michigan. With a current jurisdictional population of 1.2 million residents, the Sheriff's Office services over 343,000 of those residents through law enforcement contracts in 15 different communities and corrective services for nearly 1600 inmates. The coverage area also encompasses 450 inland lakes.
