Hubbard Lake is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) applied by the U.S. Census Bureau to the populated area surrounding the Hubbard Lake

Hubbard Lake (Michigan)

Hubbard Lake is a lake in Alcona County in Northern Michigan. The lake covers 8,850 acres and is seven miles long and two miles wide. It has a maximum depth of 85 feet with an average depth of 32.6 feet...

 body of water in Alcona County

Alcona County, Michigan

Alcona County is a county of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population is 11,719. Its county seat is Harrisville. Alphabetically it is the first county in Michigan, as its flag states "First of the 83".-History:...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. This CDP is defined for statistical purposes and does not have legal status as a municipality. The area is defined by the encompassed portions of Caledonia Township

Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan

Caledonia Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,203 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*Hubbard Lake is a census-designated place around the shores of Hubbard Lake...

, Alcona Township

Alcona Township, Michigan

Alcona Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,089.-Communities:...

, and Hawes Township

Hawes Township, Michigan

Hawes Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2000 census, the township had a population of 1,167.- Communities :* Barton City is an unincorporated community on the southern boundary of the township...

. The population was 993 at the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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While the CDP includes the entire area surrounding the lake, it also includes a couple of named unincorporated communities:

• Backus Beach is in Hawes Township at the southeast end of the lake at 44°45′36"N 83°32′46"W with an elevation of 728 feet (221.9 m).