Tuscola Township ( ) is a

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Tuscola County Tuscola County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the The Thumb, Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 53,323. The county seat is Caro, Michigan, Caro. The coun ...

in the

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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 land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

. The population was 1,978 at the 2020 census. The city of Vassar is to the northeast and incorporates some land from the

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that forms the basis for the present civil township.

History

The township was established in 1840 as a township of

Saginaw County Saginaw County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,124. The county seat is Saginaw. The county was created by September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on February 9, 1835. The ...

and encompassed all of Tuscola County, which had been created by an Act of the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, from land in

Sanilac County Sanilac County ( ) is a county located in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 40,611. The county seat is Sandusky. The county was created on September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on ...

and attached for administrative purposes to Saginaw County.

Communities

* Tuscola is an

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in the Township North and South of the Cass River in section 28 at Bray Road . A post off named "Worth" was established on March 6, 1848, with Ebenezer Davis as the first postmaster. The name changed to Tuscola on January 8, 1875. The community was

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ted in 1850 and the post office operated until January 5, 1962. The plat for the Village of Tuscola south of the River was filed in 1861. The Muro Matheson Addition to the Village plat was filed in May 1868. The city of Vassar post office with ZIP code 48768 provides P.O. Box service.ZIP Code Lookup
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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.27%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,152 people, 793 households, and 623 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 826 housing units at an average density of 25.1 per square mile (9.7/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.37%

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, 0.42% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.65% from other races, and 0.23% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. There were 793 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.6% were

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living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.09. In the township the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $49,130, and the median income for a family was $53,750. Males had a median income of $40,568 versus $24,231 for females. The

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for the township was $18,986. About 3.3% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the

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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

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