Nadeau Township, Michigan
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Nadeau 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
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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 1,160 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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.

Communities

  • Carney
    Carney, Michigan
    Carney is a village in Menominee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 225. The village is within Nadeau Township.Carney is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

     is a village within the township. The Carney ZIP code, 49812, serves most of the northern part of the township
  • Nadeau
    Nadeau, Michigan
    Nadeau is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States. Nadeau is located in Nadeau Township along U.S. Route 41 and the Canadian National Railway, north of Carney. Nadeau has a post office with ZIP code 49863.- History :...

     is an unincorporated community in the township on US 41
    U.S. Route 41
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     at 45°36′32"N 87°33′10"W. Both the community and the township were named after Bernard Nadeau, who owned the first farm in the area. The Chicago and North Western Railway
    Chicago and North Western Railway
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     built a station in 1878. A post office named "Nadean" was established on May 29, 1878, with Bernard Nadeau as the first postmaster. The misspelled name of the post office was not corrected until February 20, 1890. The Nadeau post office, with ZIP code
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     49863, provides service for an area along US 41 north of Carney.
  • The village of Daggett
    Daggett, Michigan
    Daggett is a village in Menominee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 270. The village is located within Daggett Township and is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

     is to the south in Daggett Township
    Daggett Township, Michigan
    Daggett Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 740 at the 2000 census. The village of Daggett is located within the township.-Geography:...

    , and the Daggett ZIP code, 49821, also serves most of the southern part of Nadeau Township.
  • The village of Powers
    Powers, Michigan
    Powers is a village in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. It was named for John Powers, a bookkeeper for a logging company that came into the area in the late 19th century....

     is to the north in Spalding Township
    Spalding Township, Michigan
    Spalding Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,761 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

    , and the Spalding ZIP code, 49874 also serves a small area in the northern part of Nadeau Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 80.8 square miles (209.3 km²), of which, 80.7 square miles (209.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,160 people, 480 households, and 314 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
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 was 14.4 per square mile (5.6/km²). There were 710 housing units at an average density of 8.8 per square mile (3.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.28% White, 0.09% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.09% from other races
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, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 480 households out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the township the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,375, and the median income for a family was $36,932. Males had a median income of $29,236 versus $22,396 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the township was $15,983. About 8.8% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
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