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History · Hubbard Lake

12% of Hubbard Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hubbard Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hubbard Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hubbard Lake’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hubbard Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hubbard Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hubbard Lake is a lake in Alcona County in Northern Michigan. The lake covers 8,850 acres (35.8 km2) and is seven miles (11 km) long (north-south) and two miles (3.2 km) wide. It has a maximum depth of 97.5 feet (29.7 m) with an average depth of 32.6 feet (9.9 m). The lake spans three townships: Caledonia, Alcona, and Hawes. The lake is part of the a large tract of land (more than six million acres (24,000 km2)) that was ceded by the Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi to the United States in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. Permanent white settlers did not begin to arrive in the area until the 1830s and 1840s. At that time, the lake was known as the "Bottomless Lake". It was also for a while known as…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,002 to 857 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Hubbard Lake, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Mountain ash autumn lake2015Mountain ash autumn lakeComstock Creek upstream2015Comstock Creek upstreamComstock Creek2015Comstock CreekBuff Creek2015Buff CreekMillie's Home Cookin2009Millie's Home CookinKathy's Family Kitchen2009Kathy's Family Kitchen
On the map

Hubbard Lake on the map, 1972 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hubbard Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hubbard Lake on the 1972 USGS mapHubbard Lake on the 1983 USGS map1972Hubbard Lake sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hubbard Lake.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hubbard Lake

Nobody well known was born in Hubbard Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Michael Bailey SmithAmerican actor · b. 1957
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Stanley GrenzAmerican theologian · b. 1950
Lucille F. StickelAmerican wildlife toxicologist · b. 1915
Donald B. DuncanUnited States admiral · b. 1896
William ComstockAmerican politician · b. 1877
Frank D. ScottAmerican politician · b. 1878

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.