Wakefield Township is a

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Gogebic County Gogebic County ( ) is the westernmost county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the westernmost in the state as a whole. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 14,380. The county seat is Bessemer. This was historical ...

in the

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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

. The population was 305 at the 2010 census, down from 364 at the 2000 census.

Communities

*The

City of Wakefield The City of Wakefield is a local government district with the status of a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of ...

is situated within the township, but is administratively autonomous. *Duke was a lumbertown in this township with a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad. It had a post office from 1901 until 1906. * Thomaston is an

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in the township a few miles north of Wakefield at . A post office opened November 7, 1891 and was discontinued July 31, 1923. The office reopened and operated from January 12, 1925, until August 14, 1926. * Connorville is an unincorporated community in the township a few miles north of Thomaston at . It began as a

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in 1925. * Tula was a lumbertown approximately 8 miles of the

east on M-28 at . It had a post office from 1906 until 1916. There is a sign approximately miles east of the former town site that read
"Tula"

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.54%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 364 people, 161 households, and 110 families residing in the township. The

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was 2.0 per square mile (0.8/km). There were 376 housing units at an average density of 2.1 per square mile (0.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.80%

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, 0.82%

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, and 1.37% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.82% of the population. There were 161 households, out of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were

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living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.70. In the township the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.1 males. The median income for a household in the township was $31,875, and the median income for a family was $37,750. Males had a median income of $28,542 versus $23,295 for females. The

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for the township was $17,400. About 5.3% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the

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, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over.

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* {{authority control Townships in Gogebic County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Michigan populated places on Lake Superior