Cooley Lake (White Lake Township, Michigan)
| Cooley Lake | |
|---|---|
  Cooley Lake | |
| Location | Oakland County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°36′56″N 83°27′09″W / 42.615617°N 83.452632°W |
| Type | Lake |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 86 acres (35 ha) |
| Max. depth | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Surface elevation | 935 ft (285 m)[1] |
| Settlements | White Lake Township |
Cooley Lake is a private, all-sports, 86-acre (35 ha) Oakland County, Michigan lake located in White Lake Township.[2]
Namesake
[edit]Solon Cooley (1830-1881), along with his wife Levantia (1836-1910) and their two children, lived on a 158-acre (64 ha) farm in section 36 of White Lake Township, Michigan, on the shore of the lake that was named for them, Cooley Lake.[3][4][5]
Solon was originally from Galen, New York.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colley Lake
- ^ "Map" (PDF). www.dnr.state.mi.us.
- ^ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Wheeler, Decker, Johnson, Bonker and Houston Families". Wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ LLC., Historic Map Works. "White Lake, Atlas: Oakland County 1872, Michigan Historical Map". www.historicmapworks.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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