Inwood Township is a

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Schoolcraft County Schoolcraft County ( ) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,047, making it Michigan's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Manistique, which lies al ...

in the

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. The population was 654 in 2020.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (5.20%) is water.

Communities

*Steuben is a summer resort community within Inwood Township. The community was founded by the Chicago Lumbering Company and named by an executive from

Steuben County, New York Steuben County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,584. Its county seat is Bath. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian general who fought on the American si ...

. The county was named for Baron

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben ( , ; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis Freiherr von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-b ...

, the inspector general of Washington's army from 1777 through 1784. The community was a stop on the Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad, and its post office opened in 1903.

Demographics

At the

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of 2000, there were 722 people, 293 households, and 234 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 620 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 90.17%

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, 5.26% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 3.46% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population. By the 2020 census, its population declined to 654. In 2000, there were 293 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.0% were

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living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.80. In the township the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the township was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $35,147. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $21,750 for females. The

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for the township was $15,386. About 8.0% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the

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, including 22.8% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over. In 2021, the

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estimated its median household income was $56,188.

References

{{authority control Townships in Schoolcraft County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1890 1890 establishments in Michigan