Allouez Township ( ) is a

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Keweenaw County Keweenaw County (, ; , ) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, the state's northernmost county. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. It is also the ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 1,428 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, Allouez Township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.13%) is water. The township is in western Keweenaw County, on the northwest side of the

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. It is bordered to the south by Calumet Charter Township in Houghton County, to the southeast by Sherman Township and to the east by Houghton Township in Keweenaw County, and to the northwest by

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. The

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is also located within the township.

Major highways

* runs diagonally southwest–northeast through the township. * runs concurrently with US 41 at this point of its route through the township.

Communities

* Ahmeek is a village within the township at . It is the only incorporated municipality in Keweenaw County. *Allouez is an

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located along

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/ M-26 just north of the county line with Houghton County at . The community was founded in 1859 by the Allouez Mining Company to exploit the area's copper resources. A post office in Allouez began operating on October 16, 1873. The Allouez post office uses the 49805 ZIP Code, which serves the majority of Allouez Township and a small portion Calumet Township to the south. *Bumbletown is an unincorporated community located at . The community is the site of a conglomerate dump from the former mining operations in the area. * Eagle River is an unincorporated community and

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(CDP) located in the northern portion of the township. According to the

, the Eagle River CDP only occupies a minuscule of Allouez Township and has no residents in this portion; almost all of the community is within Houghton Township. *Fulton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located at . The community was the site of the Forsyth Mine, which operated until 1847. The mine was operated on occasion by several other mining companies and also had a railway station along the Hancock & Calumet Railroad. *

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located at about east of Ahmeek. The Mohawk 49950 ZIP Code serves a very large portion of the

extending to

Copper Harbor Copper Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Grant Township. The population of the CDP was 136 as of the 2020 census. The community ...

. The ZIP Code also uses the Eagle Harbor and Eagle River destination. *Ojibway is an unincorporated community located within the township at . The community began as a station along the K. C. Railroad near the Gratiot River. The Ojibway Mining Company began operating in the area, and a post office operated briefly from February 15, 1908 until July 31, 1913. The community was named after the

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, an

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Native American group that is indigenous to the area. *Seneca is an unincorporated community located within the township at .

Demographics

In 2000, there were 1,584 people, 710 households, and 430 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population declined to 1,428. With a racial makeup of 98.93%

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at the 2000 census, the 2020 census reported that its population has remained predominantly

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; in 2000, the remainder of its racial and ethnic makeup was 0.06% Native American, 0.13%

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, 0.06% from

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, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic and Latinos of any race were 0.19% of the population. Culturally, 44.6% were of

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, 8.7%

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, 7.4%

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, 6.9%

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and 5.7%

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ancestry at the 2000 census. According to the 2021

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, 17.3% shared English ancestry, and the second largest group were German Americans (15.5%). In 2000, there were 710 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were

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living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families; 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.92. The 2021 census estimates determined there were 674 households, for contrast. At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the township was $26,500, and the median income for a family was $34,904. Males had a median income of $26,034 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the township was $14,974. About 9.4% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the

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, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over. At the 2021 estimates, the median household income increased to $48,594.

Education

The entire township is served by the Public Schools of Calumet located to the south in the village of

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in Houghton County.

References

Sources

External links

Official website
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