Waucedah Township, Michigan

Civil township in Michigan, United States

45°49′10″N 87°46′41″W / 45.81944°N 87.77806°W / 45.81944; -87.77806CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyDickinsonGovernment

^[1]

• SupervisorLouis Sturm • ClerkLori TurriArea

• Total90.24 sq mi (233.72 km²) • Land88.50 sq mi (229.21 km²) • Water1.74 sq mi (4.51 km²)Elevation

988 ft (301 m)Population

(2020)

• Total809 • Density9.14/sq mi (3.53/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code(s)

49834 (Foster City)
49852 (Loretto)
49892 (Vulcan)

Area code906FIPS code26-84700^[2]GNIS feature ID1627227^[3]WebsiteOfficial website

Waucedah Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 809 at the 2020 census.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.0 square miles (233.2 km²), of which, 88.9 square miles (230.4 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it (1.21%) is water.

Communities

Waucedah is an unincorporated community in the township on U.S. Highway 2 at 45°45′47″N 87°44′43″W / 45.76306°N 87.74528°W / 45.76306; -87.74528.
Loretto is an unincorporated community in the township on the Sturgeon River at 45°46′38″N 87°48′54″W / 45.77722°N 87.81500°W / 45.77722; -87.81500. It is on U.S. Highway 2 about three miles (4.8 km) west of Waucedah and about six miles (9.7 km) east of Norway.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 800 people, 325 households, and 233 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 809.

References

^ Michigan Townships Association (2023). "Waucedah Township, Dickinson County, Michigan". Retrieved October 15, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waucedah Township, Michigan
^ State of Michigan (March 21, 2022). "2020 Township Census" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2023.