Horton Bay, Michigan


Horton Bay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 512.

Geography

Horton Bay is located in the southwest corner of Bay Township, on the bay of the same name in Lake Charlevoix. Boyne City Road leads southeast to Boyne City and northwest to U.S. Route 31 near Charlevoix. Horton Bay Road leads north to US 31 near Bay Shore.
The community of Horton Bay was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time. Horton Bay uses the Boyne City 49712 ZIP Code.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Horton Bay CDP has a total area of, all of it land.

In culture

Horton Bay was featured in several of Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, including "The End of Something".