Ida Township is a

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of Monroe County in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 4,783 at the 2020 census. The township was organized in 1837 and named after local civic leader Ida M. Taylor.

Communities

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was a community located at . The community contained its own railway station. The station served as an intersection that linked the Ann Arbor Railroad and

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lines. Federman had its own post office briefly from June 22, 1899, to August 31, 1906. * Ida is an

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and

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on the northern boundary of the township at . The community of Ida was listed as a new

for the 2020 census. *Ida Center is an unincorporated community located near the center of the township along the intersection of Ida Center Road and Lewis Avenue at . *Lulu is an unincorporated community along Douglas Road and Lulu Road just northwest of the township center at . In 1853, Henry West came to the township and purchased a large plot of land in what would become the community of Lulu. The community contained a train depot along the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad about south of the village of

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. A post office began operating in Lulu on June 29, 1880, with storekeeper Paul Nill as the first postmaster, and it operated until July 15, 1941. The railway line continues to run through the community and is operated by the Ann Arbor Railroad but no longer contains a station or stop in the community. *Yargerville is an unincorporated community centered at the intersection of East Morocco / Wood Road and Minx Road along the eastern boundary of the township with La Salle Township at . Yargerville contained its own post office from 1890 to 1906.

Geography

The township is in central Monroe County, about west-southwest of

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, the

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. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.47%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,949 people, 1,622 households, and 1,373 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,655 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.48%

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, 0.14%

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, 0.16% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.25% of the population. There were 1,622 households, out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.2% were

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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.3% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.32. In the township the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $57,106, and the median income for a family was $60,990. Males had a median income of $46,130 versus $28,456 for females. The

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for the township was $21,074. About 1.9% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the

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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The majority of the township is served by

Ida Public Schools Ida Public Schools is a public school district in Ida, 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 ...

, which has all three schools within one campus near the center of the community of Ida along Lewis Avenue. One of Ida's biggest rivals is Dundee Community Schools. The district also serves a small area of several neighboring townships. A small portion of the western portion of Ida Township is served by

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in Summerfield Township to the west. Previously, St. Anthony School of the

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was in Temperance. Its service area included Ida Township.

Images

File:IdaTownshipMI 2020.jpg, File:Lulu, Michigan (March 2021).jpg, File:Lulu Cemetery (March 2021).jpg,

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External links

* {{authority control Townships in Michigan Townships in Monroe County, Michigan 1837 establishments in Michigan Populated places established in 1837