Cedarville Township, Michigan
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Cedarville Township is a civil township
Civil township
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 of Menominee County
Menominee County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 25,326 people, 10,529 households, and 7,001 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 13,639 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The population was 276 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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.

Communities

  • Cedar River is an unincorporated community in the township on M-35
    M-35 (Michigan highway)
    M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. Running for in a general north–south direction, it connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba and Negaunee. The southern section of M-35 in Menominee and Delta counties carries two additional designations...

    , roughly midway between Menominee
    Menominee, Michigan
    Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...

     to the southwest and Escanaba
    Escanaba, Michigan
    Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

     to the northeast. The community is at the mouth of the Cedar River
    Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
    Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, that rises in the northern part of Menominee County at and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay at in the community of Cedar River....

     on Green Bay at 45°24′40"N 87°21′17"W. The ZIP Code
    ZIP Code
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     for the community and surrounding area is 49887. Wells State Park is located just south of Cedar River.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 79.1 square miles (204.9 km²), of which, 78.9 square miles (204.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (0.13%) is water. Much of the land in the township is part of the Escanaba State Forest.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 276 people, 138 households, and 89 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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 was 3.5 per square mile (1.3/km²). There were 384 housing units at an average density of 4.9 per square mile (1.9/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.10% White, 0.36% African American, 1.45% Native American, and 1.09% from two or more races.

There were 138 households out of which 13.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 1.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.48.

In the township the population was spread out with 12.3% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 43.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 130.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,107, and the median income for a family was $32,000. Males had a median income of $37,083 versus $28,125 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the township was $18,279. About 11.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.3% of those sixty five or over.
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