Cedarville Township is a

civil township A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a County (United States), county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England town, Ne ...

of Menominee County in the U.S. state of

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

. The population was 242 as of the 2020 census. The township was established in 1863.

Geography

The township is in eastern Menominee County on the west shore of

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 depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...

's Green Bay. It is bordered to the northeast by Delta County. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.13%, are water. Much of the land in the township is part of Escanaba River State Forest. The bulk of the township is drained by the Cedar River, including its tributary, the Walton River. The northeast part of the township is drained by Deer Creek and Olson Creek.

Communities

*Cedar Forks was initially settled in 1850. It had a post office from 1852 until 1883. *Cedar River is an unincorporated community in the township on highway M-35, northeast of

Menominee The Menominee ( ; meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recognized tribe of Na ...

, the

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, and southwest of

Escanaba Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County, Michigan, Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula. The popu ...

. The community is at the mouth of the Cedar River on Green Bay at . The ZIP Code for the community and surrounding area is 49887. Wells State Park is located just south of Cedar River. Cedar River began with the establishment of a sawmill here in 1854.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 276 people, 138 households, and 89 families residing in the township. In 2020, there were 242 residents in the township.

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* {{authority control Townships in Menominee County, Michigan Marinette micropolitan area 1863 establishments in Michigan Townships in Michigan Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan