Burt Township is a

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Cheboygan County Cheboygan County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,579. The county seat is Cheboygan. The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from Michilimackinac County. ...

in the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 710.

Communities

*Elmhurst is a place in the township located on a peninsula on the west side of

Burt Lake Burt Lake is a lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named after William Austin Burt, who, together with John Mullett, made a federal survey of ...

at .

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 43.76%, is water, consisting primarily of the northern half of Burt Lake.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 654 people, 312 households, and 208 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 794 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.11%

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, 3.36% Native American, 0.15% Asian, and 1.38% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.31% of the population. There is also a small Jewish population. There were 312 households, out of which 13.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were

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living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 30.4% 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 2.10 and the average family size was 2.57. In the township the population was spread out, with 13.0% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 18.0% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 28.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $38,816, and the median income for a family was $42,813. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $26,500 for females. The

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for the township was $28,059. About 4.4% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the

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, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Burt Township official website
{{authority control Townships in Cheboygan County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1880 1880 establishments in Michigan