Stanton Township is a

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of Houghton County in the

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of the

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. The population was 1,590 at the 2020 census. Stanton Township has the distinction of having the highest concentration of people with Finnish ancestry of any place in the United States, at 47%.U.S. census data as compiled b
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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.00%) is water.

Communities

* Beacon Hill is an

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in the township. It was a center of the Trimountain Mining Company, largely backed by

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financiers, and the settlement was named after Beacon Hill neighborhood in that city. It was a station on the

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. A post office operated from December 11, 1901, until August 31, 1952. * Craig Roy was platted as a village in 1903 but never developed. * Coles Creek is located, in part, in the township; the rest is located in neighbouring Adams Township. *Edgemere is a hamlet a mile west of Redridge and one-half mile from Beacon Hill. It was the home of the copper stamp mill of the Adventure Mine and Adventure Mining Company. *

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is an unincorporated community in the township and was the site of the Champion stamp mill. * Liminga is an unincorporated community in the township. * Obenhoff is an unincorporated community in the township. * Onnela is an unincorporated community in the township. Onnela is a Finnish name meaning "a place of happiness"; Onni = happiness. The first settler was Iisakki Tolonen from Matarenki, Finland, who settled in 1886. Two years later arrived Heikki Lampinen from Matarenki, Joonas Kovala from

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, and Paul Räisänen from Pudasjoki. * Oskar is an unincorporated community in the township. It was named for Oskar Eliasson (or Eliasen), a Finn who first came to Hancock Township about 1870 and became a charcoal tycoon. He was appointed the first postmaster of the settlement. A post office operated from February 2, 1888, until October 15, 1928. * Redridge is an unincorporated community in the township. The

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is perhaps the most well-known landmark in Redridge. The area was the site of the

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and

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stamp mills.History information on the Stanton Township webpage http://www.stantontownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.-Redridge-description.pdf * Schmidt Corner is an unincorporated community in the township

Parks

* North Canal Township Park at the north end of the Keweenaw Canal and is across from

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,268 people, 475 households, and 315 families residing in the township. The

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was 10.4 per square mile (4.0/km). There were 695 housing units at an average density of 5.7 per square mile (2.2/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.19%

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, 0.24%

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, 0.55% Native American, and 1.03% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.55% of the population. Some 46.9% of Stanton Township residents report Finnish ancestry, the highest such percentage in the United States. There were 475 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were

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living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.5% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.36. In the township the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $38,200, and the median income for a family was $41,771. Males had a median income of $35,455 versus $26,875 for females. The

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for the township was $16,338. About 5.1% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the

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, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

township data from city-data.com

Picture of a "herd of contented Holsteins graz ngin an oat pasture on the Wayne Rautio farm" at Obenhoff from Keweenaw Digital Archives, Michigan Technological University

"Farmer Wayne Rautio holds some brome forage from the field on his farm in Obenhoff." {{authority control Townships in Houghton County, Michigan Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan Townships in Michigan 1902 establishments in Michigan Populated places established in 1902