What is "east tawas"

Population (2000): 2951
Housing Units (2000): 1691
Land area (2000): 2.876165 sq. miles (7.449232 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.453757 sq. miles (1.175226 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.329922 sq. miles (8.624458 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24420
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.285435 N, 83.489050 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48730
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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