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Bloomfield Township, Missaukee County, Michigan
Bloomfield Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 574. Geography Bloomfield Township occupies the northwest corner of Missaukee County and is bordered to the north by Kalkaska County and to the west by Wexford County. It is touched at its northwest corner by Grand Traverse County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.41%, are water. The township is drained by tributaries of the Manistee River, which crosses the northwest portion of the township and flows west to Lake Michigan. Adjacent townships * Springfield Township, Kalkaska County (north) * Garfield Township, Kalkaska County (northeast) * Pioneer Township, Missaukee County (east) * Forest Township, Missaukee County (southeast) * Caldwell Township, Missaukee County (south) * Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County (southwest) * Liberty Township, Wexford County ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan
Springfield Township is a civil township of Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,562 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.38%) is water. The Manistee River flows east to west through the south of the township. Long Lake is the biggest lake within the township. The village of Fife Lake lies just west of Springfield Township, in Grand Traverse County. A sliver of the eponymous Fife Lake is within the western edge of the township. Accessed 15 Dec 2022. Adjacent townships * Boardman Township (north) *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield Township, Michigan (other)
Bloomfield Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: * Bloomfield Township, Huron County, Michigan *Bloomfield Township, Missaukee County, Michigan * Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan See also * Bloomfield Hills, Michigan * Blumfield Township, Michigan * Bloomfield Township (other) Bloomfield Township may refer to: * Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana * Bloomfield Township, Clinton County, Iowa * Bloomfield Township, Polk County, Iowa * Bloomfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa * Bloomfield Township, Mitchell ... {{Geodis Michigan township disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalkaska County, Michigan
Kalkaska County ( ) is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 17,939. The county seat is Kalkaska. Kalkaska County is included in the Traverse City Micropolitan Statistical Area. Although it is located on Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Kalkaska County is considered part of Northern Michigan. Etymology of the name The county's name is a pseudo-Native American word coined by Henry Schoolcraft, a Michigan geographer and ethnologist. The name is thought to be a Chippewa word meaning flat or burned-over country. An alternative theory is that this is a neologism or neonym created by Henry Schoolcraft, originally spelled Calcasca. Some theorists suggest this is word play. Schoolcraft's family name had been Calcraft, and the Ks may have been added to make the name appear more like a Native American word. History The county was formed in 1840 and called Wabassee County until 1843. The first settler in Kalkaska County was William Cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, coverin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife Lake Township, Michigan
Fife Lake Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,526, a slight increase from 1,517 at the 2000 census. The township forms the southeastern corner of Grand Traverse County. The township contains the village of Fife Lake, which lies upon the lake of the same name. Communities * Fife Lake is a village within the township at the junction of U.S. Route 131 and M-186. *Hodge, a ghost town () *Holmes, a ghost town () *McManus Corner, a ghost town () * Walton is an unincorporated community in the township near the junction of US 131 and M-113 at . Walton Junction is a place just north of the community, named for the junction of two railroad lines, and is now at the junction of US 131 and M-113. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (4.34%) is water. Adjacent townships * Union Township, Grand Traverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Township, Wexford County, Michigan
Liberty Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 861 at the 2010 census. Communities *Haire is a former settlement within the township that was settled as a lumber community along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The post office in Haire operated from August 21, 1883 until December 15, 1908. * Walton is an unincorporated community located mostly within Fife Lake Township to the north in Grand Traverse County, although some development of the community extends into the south in Liberty Township along U.S. Route 131 at . Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.05%) is water. The Manistee River flows through the center of the township. Major highways * runs south–north through the center of the township. * enters from the south from Manton and ends at U.S. Route 131 in the center of the township. Demographics As of the 2010 United States C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, Michigan
Cedar Creek Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,855 at the 2020 census. Communities *Gilbert is an unincorporated community located within the township at . The community was a lumber settlement with a train station along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. A post office opened on November 1, 1883 but is no longer in operation. *The township surrounds the city of Manton. However, the two are administratively autonomous. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.05%) is water. The city of Manton is surrounded by the township in the northern section, but the city and township are administered autonomously after Manton incorporated as a city in 1923. Major highways * runs south–north through the center of the township. * runs very briefly through the township from U.S. Route 131 west to the city of Manton. * runs briefly east–west and has i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldwell Township, Michigan
Caldwell Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,394 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and (3.88%) are water. The northernmost shores of Lake Missaukee extend into Caldwell Township. More than a dozen other named lakes occupy the southern part of the township, including Twin Lake, Dyer Lake, Goose Lake, and the northern end of Crooked Lake. Major highways * runs east–west through the township. * forms the eastern boundary of the township. Communities * Arlene is an unincorporated community at . A post office opened at Arlene in 1903, with Walter W. Combs as its first postmaster. * Jennings is an unincorporated community/census-designated place (CDP) that is partially within the township. * The city of Lake City is adjacent to the township, to the southeast. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,363 people, 52 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Township, Missaukee County, Michigan
Forest Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,184 at the 2020 census. Geography The township is in central Missaukee County and is bordered to the southwest by Lake City, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.08%, are water. The West Branch of the Muskegon River rises in the eastern part of the township. Highways * does not enter the township but has its eastern terminus at the township boundary with M-66. * forms almost all of the southern boundary of the township. * forms the entire western boundary of the township. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,082 people, 431 households, and 305 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 678 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.06% White, 0.37% Native American, and 1.57% from two or more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Township, Michigan
Pioneer Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 508 at the 2020 census, up from 451 in 2010. Communities * Pioneer is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at . In the 1920s, Pioneer was on the route of highway M-74. Geography Pioneer Township is in northern Missaukee County, bordered to the north by Kalkaska County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.10%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 460 people, 184 households, and 138 families residing in the township. The population density was 12.8 per square mile (4.9/km). There were 346 housing units at an average density of 9.6 per square mile (3.7/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.39% White, 0.65% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 1.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan
Garfield Township is a civil township of Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 984. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.53%) is water. The Manistee River passes through the western portion of the township, as does the north-south highway M-66. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 794 people, 331 households, and 240 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 780 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.98% White, 0.25% Asian, 0.50% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.13% of the population. There were 331 households, out of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide, deep, Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its easterly counterpart; the two are technically a single lake. Lake Michigan is the world's largest lake by area in one country. Located in the United States, it is shared, from west to east, by the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Ports along its shores include Milwaukee and the City of Green Bay in Wisconsin; Chicago in Illinois; Gary in Indiana; and Muskegon in Michigan. Green Bay is a large bay in its northwest, and Grand Traverse Bay is in the northeast. The word "Michigan" is believed to come from the Ojibwe word (''michi-gami'' or ''mishigami'') meaning "great water". History Some of most studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
