Sagola Township is a
civil township
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of
Dickinson County Dickinson County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Dickinson County, Iowa
* Dickinson County, Kansas
* Dickinson County, Michigan
See also
* Dickenson County, Virginia
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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. The population was 1,106 at the
2010 census, slightly down from 1,169 at the
2000 census.
Communities
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are a few small
unincorporated communities
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.
*Channing is on
M-95 about north of
Iron Mountain at . It began as a railroad junction called "Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a mining engineer who surveyed the area. The post office continues to serve
ZIP code 49815.
*Floodwood is on M-95 about five miles (8 km) north of Channing and two miles (3 km) south of the
Marquette County boundary. It began as a lumber settlement on the
Milwaukee and Northern Railroad
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. A post office was in operation there from 1887 until 1905.
*Randville is on M-95 about north of
Iron Mountain. It is just south of the junction with
M-69 at . The mining settlement formed because of the nearby Groveland Mine. It was a station on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad in 1880 and a post office was in operation there from 1891 until 1932.
*Sagola is on M-95 at the junction where M-69 branches off to the west.
Crystal Falls is west on M-69. M-69 runs concurrently with M-95 south of town about six miles (10 km) to just north of Randville. Sagola is at . It was formed, when in about 1885, five Chicago men formed the Sagola Lumber Company to harvest pine timber in the area. The name was derived from the local Indian word for "welcome". A post office was first established there in 1889, and continues today to serve
ZIP code 49881.
Geography
Much of the township is the
Copper Country State Forest. The northwest portion is drained by the
Michigamme River. A small portion of the northeast is drained by tributaries of the
Escanaba River
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. The central portion is drained by the
Ford River, and the south by the
Sturgeon River.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (1.55%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,169 people, 475 households, and 323 families residing in the township. The
population density
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was 7.3 per square mile (2.8/km). There were 930 housing units at an average density of 5.8 per square mile (2.2/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.20%
White
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, 0.86%
Native American, 0.09%
Asian, 0.34% from
other races
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, and 0.51% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.03% of the population. 11.7% were of
Swedish
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, 7.6%
Irish
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, 7.5%
Italian
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, 6.7%
English
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* English people
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, 6.7%
French, 5.8%
Finnish
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* Finnish cuisine
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and 5.1%
American ancestry according to
Census 2000
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.
There were 475 households, out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were
married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the township the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $33,333, and the median income for a family was $42,250. Males had a median income of $31,900 versus $22,000 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the township was $15,531. About 7.6% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
Bibliography
* Stevens, Viola (1977). ''A History of Channing, Michigan''.
reen Bay, Wis. Stevens.
References
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Townships in Dickinson County, Michigan
Iron Mountain micropolitan area
Townships in Michigan