Hebron 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 298.

Communities

*Dow was the name of a rural post office in this township that began in 1904.

Geography

Hebron Township is located in northwest Cheboygan County, bordered by

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to the west.

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crosses the township from southeast to northwest, with access from Exit 326 (Levering Road, C-66) at the township's southern border. Exit 336 with

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(Mackinaw Highway) lies just beyond the northwest corner of the township. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.16%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 303 people, 118 households, and 86 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 195 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 90.76%

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, 7.26% Native American, and 1.98% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.32% of the population. There were 118 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were

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living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.98. In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males. The median income for a household in the township was $36,875, and the median income for a family was $37,417. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $20,750 for females. The

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for the township was $15,737. About 7.5% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the

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, including 20.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Townships in Cheboygan County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1884 1884 establishments in Michigan