Editing Weidman, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Weidman, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]] (CDP) & [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]]
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|image_skyline            = Weidman, MI (September 2024).jpg
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|image_caption            = Looking south along N. Woodruff Road
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|pushpin_label          = Weidman
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella County]]

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Civil township|Townships]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Nottawa]] and [[Sherman Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Sherman]]

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|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1894

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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_total_km2           = 15.41
|area_land_km2            = 14.64
|area_water_km2           = 0.77
|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.95
|area_land_sq_mi          = 5.65
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.30

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 920
|population_density_km2   = 62.83
|population_density_sq_mi = 162.75

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
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|elevation_m              = 272
|elevation_ft             = 892
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48893
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-85140<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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[[File:Weidman, MI post office.jpg|thumb|right|250px|U.S. Post Office in Weidman]]
'''Weidman''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].<ref name=GNIS/>  The CDP had a population of 920 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].  The community is located within [[Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Nottawa Township]] to the east and [[Sherman Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Sherman Township]] to the west.

As an unincorporated community, Weidman has no legal autonomy of its own but does have its own post office with the 48893 ZIP Code.<ref name=GOOG>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weidman,+MI+48893/@43.6832445,-85.0601285,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8818aacc18818199:0x8575eb1b8f301d8c!8m2!3d43.6608819!4d-84.9609464!16s%2Fm%2F01_xk15?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |title = 48893 ZIP Code map |access-date = August 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name=ZIPC>{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/48893/|title=ZIP Code 48893: Weidman|date=2024|accessdate=August 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|15.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|14.6|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 4.98%, are water. The built-up center of town is in the southern part of the CDP, on the south side of Lake of the Hills on the [[Coldwater River (Isabella County)|Coldwater River]]. The Coldwater is a south-flowing tributary of the [[Chippewa River (Michigan)|Chippewa River]] and thus part of the [[Saginaw River]] drainage basin.

Weidman is {{convert|16|mi}} by road northwest of [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant]], the Isabella [[County seat]], and {{convert|19|mi}} southwest of [[Clare, Michigan|Clare]].

The community is situated on the boundary between [[Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Nottawa Township]] on the east and [[Sherman Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Sherman Township]] on the west. The area of the CDP within Sherman Township is somewhat larger than that within Nottawa Township. The Nottawa Township section lies within the [[Isabella Indian Reservation]]. The postal delivery area for the Weidman 48893 [[ZIP Code]] is much larger, including large portions of both Sherman and Nottawa townships, as well as portions of [[Coldwater Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Coldwater]] and [[Gilmore Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Gilmore]] townships on the north and [[Broomfield Township, Michigan|Broomfield]] and [[Deerfield Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Deerfield]] townships on the south, as well as the village of [[Lake Isabella, Michigan|Lake Isabella]] and the western half of the community of [[Beal City, Michigan|Beal City]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 920
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 879 people, 344 households, and 258 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|159.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 389 housing units at an average density of {{convert|70.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.34% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 3.53% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.80% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 344 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,042, and the median income for a family was $37,857. Males had a median income of $35,469 versus $19,732 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $15,968.  About 8.9% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable business==
''[[The Incredible Dr. Pol]]'' is a [[Nat Geo Wild]] popular reality show that follows veterinarian [[Jan Pol (veterinarian)|Jan Pol]], his family and employees, centered around his veterinarian office in Weidman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary%20Food%20Animal/The-Incredible-Dr-Pol/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/746149|title=The Incredible Dr. Pol |date=November 1, 2011 |first1=Rachael |last1=Zimlich |work=DVM360 Magazine |publisher=|accessdate=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="James">{{cite web |url=http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/michigan-appeals-court-finds-favor-dr-pol |title=Michigan appeals court finds in favor of Dr. Pol Overturns disciplinary action ordered by state regulatory board in relation to negligence, incompetence findings. |date=July 1, 2016 |first1=Katie |last1=James |work=dvm360 Magazine |accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>

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{{Isabella County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Isabella County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Michigan]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Isabella County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1894]]
[[Category:1894 establishments in Michigan]]