Secord Township is a

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of Gladwin County in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 1,046 at the 2020 census.

Communities

* Secord is an

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located at in the southwest portion of the township.

History

Secord Township, along with many other townships in the Tri County area, was originally inhabited by Native Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Chippewa tribe was most present at this time. A Canadian man named Marcel Secord first arrived to the area in 1861 with his family while canoeing down the

Tittabawassee River The Tittabawassee River ( ) flows in a generally southeasterly direction through the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at Secord Lake in Clement Township, at the confluence of the East Branch and the Middle Branch ...

. In the Summer of 1864, he built a login cabin roughly east of Gladwin. Secord was a skilled trapper and hunter, providing meals to early

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s in the area. The area would later be known as "Secord" when a post office was established in 1912 when Secord Township was officially organized. The township is named for Marvel Secord, an early settler.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.30%) is water. The

flows south through the center of the township. The river is dammed by the Secord Dam.

Major highways

* runs north–south and forms most of the western boundary of the township.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 1,140 people, 551 households and 382 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.21%

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, 0.09%

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, 0.18% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.18% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population. There were 551 households, of which 12.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were

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living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.41. Age distribution was 12.8% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 38.1% from 45 to 64, and 28.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males. The median household income was $30,500, and the median family income for a family was $34,453. Males had a median income of $34,107 versus $23,750 for females. The

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for the township was $18,542. About 12.1% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the

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, including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

Images

File:Secord Dam (Michigan).jpg, File:Secord Pond (Michigan).jpg,

References

{{authority control Townships in Gladwin County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1912 1912 establishments in Michigan