civil township
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Michigan
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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.06%) is water.
Communities
* Donken is an unincorporated community in the township.
*Elm River was an area around the operations of the Elm River Copper Company. It had a post office from 1900 until 1907.
*Lake Roland is an unincorporated community in the township at .
*Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community in the township at .
* Winona is an unincorporated community in the township at . A copper mine was first opened in 1864 by the Winona Copper Mining Company identified by a line of Indian pits. The mine could not be profitably operated at the time and little was done with it until the Winona Copper Company was organized in 1898 and assumed ownership of the earlier mine. A post office operated from April 5, 1899 until September 12, 1975, after which it was a
Community Post Office
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*Wyandotte is an unincorporated community in the township at .
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 169 people, 70 households, and 56 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 319 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.45%
White
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Pacific Islander
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, and 1.78% from two or more races. 41.4% were of
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
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, 21.4%
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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, 6.9%
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
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, 6.2%
English
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* English language
* English people
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Census 2000
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 ce ...
.
There were 70 households, out of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.63.
In the township the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 34.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $27,813, and the median income for a family was $30,313. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $20,000 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the township was $15,024. About 18.2% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 14.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.8% of those 65 or over.