{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Pilgrim, Michigan |settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP code(s) |postal_code = 49635 (Frankfort) |area_code = 231 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 26-64100<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0634880<ref>{{gnis|0634880}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = |unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Pilgrim''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a permanent population of 44.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2664100| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212193439/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2664100| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pilgrim CDP, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 8, 2014}}</ref> Pilgrim is located within Crystal Lake Township.
==Geography== Pilgrim is located in Crystal Lake Township in western Benzie County. It is situated between Lake Michigan to the west and Crystal Lake to the east. M-22 (Pilgrim Highway) runs through the center of the community, leading south {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the city of Frankfort. The Betsie Dunes Nature Preserve is immediately to the north. As an unincorporated community, Pilgrim is administered by Crystal Lake Township and uses the Frankfort 49635 ZIP Code.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
==History== The community of Pilgrim 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = United States Census Bureau| work = 2010 United States census| accessdate = August 8, 2016|page=III-4}}</ref> With a permanent population of 44 at the 2020 census, Pilgrim is the least-populated of the 212 census-designated places in Michigan.
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 44 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} {{Expand section|date=February 2020}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Benzie County, Michigan}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Michigan Category:Unincorporated communities in Benzie County, Michigan Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan Category:Census-designated places in Benzie County, Michigan Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan Category:Traverse City metropolitan area Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1909 Category:1909 establishments in Michigan