Sagola Township is a

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in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 1,066 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Much of the township is the

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. The northwest portion is drained by the

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. A small portion of the northeast is drained by tributaries of the

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. The central portion is drained by the Ford River, and the south by the Sturgeon River. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (1.55%) is water.

Communities

There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are a few small

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. *Channing is on M-95 about north of Iron Mountain at . It began as a railroad junction called "Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a mining engineer who surveyed the area. The post office continues to serve ZIP code 49815. *Floodwood is on M-95 about five miles (8 km) north of Channing and two miles (3 km) south of the Marquette County boundary. It began as a lumber settlement on the

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. A post office was in operation there from 1887 until 1905. *Randville is on M-95 about north of Iron Mountain. It is just south of the junction with M-69 at . The mining settlement formed because of the nearby Groveland Mine. It was a station on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad in 1880 and a post office was in operation there from 1891 until 1932. *Sagola is on M-95 at the junction where M-69 branches off to the west. Crystal Falls is west on M-69. M-69 runs concurrently with M-95 south of town about six miles (10 km) to just north of Randville. Sagola is at . It was formed, when in about 1885, five Chicago men formed the Sagola Lumber Company to harvest pine timber in the area. The name was derived from the local Indian word for "welcome". A post office was first established there in 1889, and continues today to serve ZIP code 49881.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,169 people, 475 households, and 323 families residing in the township. In 2020, its population was 1,066.

Bibliography

* Stevens, Viola (1977). ''A History of Channing, Michigan''. reen Bay, Wis. Stevens.

References

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