title: Wacousta, Michigan
text: # Wacousta, Michigan
  
  Wacousta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP is located within Watertown Charter Township. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,440.
  
  ## History
  
  The community of Wacousta 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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Wacousta CDP has a total area of 8.99 square miles (23.28 $km^2),$ of which 8.91 square miles (23.08 $km^2)$ is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 $km^2)$ (0.89%) is water.
  
  The Looking Glass River flows from east to west across the CDP.
  
  