Clare, Michigan, United States

🇺🇸 Clare is a city mostly in Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A small portion of the city extends south into Isabella County.

Clare was settled as early as 1870 and contains two listings on the National Register of Historic Places: the Clare Downtown Historic District and the Clare Congregational Church. The city is located along the junction of U.S. Route 10 and U.S. Route 127, and each highway has a business route (Bus. 10 and Bus. US 127) through the downtown area. M-115 also runs through the city.

History Clare was founded with the coming of the Pere Marquette railroad in 1870. It was named after the county, which was named after County Clare in Ireland. The Clare post office opened on January 20, 1871. It incorporated as a village in 1879 and as a city in 1891.

Cops & Doughnuts is a bakery that opened in 2009 in the former Clare City Bakery that dates back to 1896.

Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.83 square miles (9.92 km²), of which 3.72 square miles (9.63 km²) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) (2.87%) is water.

The south branch of the Tobacco River flows through the city and also contains Lake Shamrock.

Major highways • US 10 runs along the north-eastern portion of the city. • US 127 runs south–north along the western boundary of the city and merges with US 10. •

Bus. US 10 is a business loop route through downtown Clare. •

Bus. US 127 is a business loop route that has portions concurrent with Bus. US 10 in downtown Clare. • M-115 (Main Street) enters from the west and has its eastern terminus at Bus. US 127 / Bus. US 10 in downtown Clare.

Transport: Air • Clare Municipal Airport is a public airport located in the north-east corner of the city limits.

Transport: Bus • Indian Trails has a station in Clare that provides daily intercity bus service between St. Ignace and East Lansing.

Trails • Pere Marquette Rail-Trail is a rail trail that has its western terminus in Clare. • Pere Marquette State Trail is a bicycle and multi-use trail that runs through the city.

Education The city of Clare is served entirely by its own school district, Clare Public Schools, which is centrally located within the city and serves the south-eastern portion of the Clare County and the north-eastern portion of Isabella County.