Waucedah Township is a

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in the

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. The population was 809 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 90.0 square miles (233.2 km), of which, 88.9 square miles (230.4 km) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km) of it (1.21%) is water.

Communities

*Waucedah is an

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in the township on

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at . *Loretto is an

in the township on the Sturgeon River at . It is on U.S. Highway 2 about west of Waucedah and about east of

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 800 people, 325 households, and 233 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 809.

References

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