Lake Mohawk, Ohio

Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Census-designated place
Lake Mohawk
Coordinates: 40°39′39″N 81°11′34″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Carroll
Townships	Brown, Harrison
Area [1]
• Total	4.47 sq mi (11.59 km^2)
• Land	3.67 sq mi (9.50 km^2)
• Water	0.81 sq mi (2.08 km^2)
Elevation [2]	1,116 ft (340 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,601
• Density	436.24/sq mi (168.44/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-41443[3]
GNIS feature ID	2628920[2]

Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brown and Harrison townships in Carroll County, Ohio, United States, developed around Lake Mohawk, a reservoir. The population of the CDP was 1,601 as of the 2020 census.

History

Lake Mohawk was founded in 1963 by property developers as a planned community.[4]

Geography

The Lake Mohawk community is situated on both sides of Lake Mohawk, a small reservoir on Middle Creek, a tributary of Sandy Creek, part of the Tuscarawas River watershed flowing to the Ohio River. The majority of the lake and community are in Brown Township, with the upstream end of the lake extending south into Harrison Township. The lake's outlet is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village of Malvern.

The community was established in 1963 by the American Realty Service Corporation on 1,728 acres (6.99 km^2) of property. The lake is inside a gated community which contains approximately 1,700 property lots that are privately owned.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lake Mohawk CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.6 km^2), of which 3.7 square miles (9.5 km^2) is land and 0.81 square miles (2.1 km^2), or 17.99%, is water.[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,601		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Mohawk, Ohio
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Welcome to Lake Mohawk, OH". LMPOA. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
5. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lake Mohawk CDP, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.