Worth Township is a

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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 ...

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 3,455 at the 2020 census.

Communities

* Amadore is a historic locale in the township at . It was named for pioneer settler Amadore Fuller. A post office operated from June 1868 until October 1873 and from December 1873 until January 1943. It was a station on a branch of the

Pere Marquette Railroad The Pere Marquette Railway was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and southern parts of Ontario in Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its p ...

and was also called "Galbraith's Corners. There are also a number of unincorporated resort communities along the shores of

Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French ex ...

: * Birch Beach is an

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in the township at . It was first called "Stevens' Landing" and had a post office with that name from January 1856 until January 1860 and from February 1863 until August 1868. The settlement was renamed Birch Beach and a post office with that name operated from May 1927 until September 1934. * Blue Water Beach is an unincorporated community in the township at . * Great Lakes Beach is an unincorporated community in the township at . * Huronia Heights is an unincorporated community in the township at . It was founded as a private resort in 1882 by Marcus Young. A post office operated from December 1886 until June 1901. * Lexington Heights is an unincorporated community in the township at .

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.05%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,021 people, 1,619 households, and 1,143 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,778 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.56%

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, 0.15%

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, 0.40% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.07%

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, 0.70% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.06% of the population. There were 1,619 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were

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living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.97. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $37,129, and the median income for a family was $41,600. Males had a median income of $35,978 versus $23,365 for females. The

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for the township was $18,955. About 8.8% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the

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, including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

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