Fife Lake, Michigan  Fife Lake, is a village in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 443 at the 2010 census. The village is situated within Fife Lake Township near the junction of U.S. Route 131 and M-186 (which serves as an eastward spur of nearby M-113). In 1872, J.L. Shaw and others built two small settlements on a lake on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. These were known as North Fife Lake and Fyfe Lane (a misspelling of Fife Lake), which were on the north and west sides of Fife Lake, respectively. In 1867, these towns united into Fife Lake. Today on maps, the divide between the former villages is still clearly visible. The lake was named after William H. Fife of nearby Yuba. Later that year, Fife Lake Township was created. The first church in the village was established in 1884. In 1889, Fife Lake was incorporated as a village. The village annually hosts the Fife Lake Ice Fishing Derby near the end of January. The contest is based on how well the contestants are at ice fishing. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 443 people, 189 households, and 110 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 265 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.7% White, 0.7% African American, 1.6% Native American, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population. There were 189 households of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.8% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the village was 41.1 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.4% were from 25 to 44; 29.3% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older.