West Branch Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan

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West Branch Township, Michigan
FIPS code		26-85600[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627249[2]
Website	Official website

West Branch Township is a civil township of Ogemaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,593 at the 2010 census. The city of West Branch is mostly surrounded by the township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Communities

• Campbells Corner is an unincorporated community located at 44°18′47″N 84°08′44″W / 44.31306°N 84.14556°W / 44.31306; -84.14556 in the northeast portion of the township.^[3] The community contained its own post office from 1877–1911.^[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.59 square miles (89.59 km²), of which 34.02 square miles (88.11 km²) is land and 0.57 square miles (1.48 km²) (1.65%) is water.^[5]

Demographics

At the 2000

of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 978 households, of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.3% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.01.

26.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64 and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males.

The

, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

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