Meyer Township, Michigan

Coordinates: 45°43′40″N 87°37′26″W / 45.72778°N 87.62389°W / 45.72778; -87.62389
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Meyer Township, Michigan
FIPS code
26-109-53460[3]
GNIS feature ID1626732[4]
Websitewww.hermansville.com/meyer-township

Meyer Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 992 at the 2020 census.[2] Most of the population is concentrated in Hermansville, an unincorporated village within the township.

Geography

Meyer Township is in northwestern Menominee County, bordered to the west and north by Dickinson County. Hermansville is in the southeastern part of the township. U.S. Route 2 crosses the township, passing through Hermansville and leading east 27 miles (43 km) to Escanaba and west 25 miles (40 km) to Iron Mountain. Menominee, the Menominee county seat, is 46 miles (74 km) to the south.

According to the

Wallace. Spruce Creek drains the central part of the township, flowing southeast toward the Cedar River, a direct tributary of Lake Michigan. The northernmost part of the township is drained by Pollock Creek, which flows west to the Sturgeon River
, a south-flowing tributary of the Menominee.

Communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
18901,252
19001,38710.8%
19101,62817.4%
19201,439−11.6%
19301,5618.5%
19401,536−1.6%
19501,069−30.4%
1960973−9.0%
19701,0043.2%
19801,0040.0%
19901,0908.6%
20001,036−5.0%
20101,001−3.4%
2020992−0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,036 people, 440 households, and 285 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 992.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "P1. Race – Meyer township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meyer Township, Michigan
  5. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Decennial Census Official Publications". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

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