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Spalding Township, Michigan

FieldValue
official_nameSpalding Township, Michigan
settlement_typeCivil township
pushpin_mapMichigan#USA
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_labelSpalding Township
image_mapSpalding Township, MI location2.png
mapsize250
map_captionLocation within Menominee County (red) and the state of Michigan; administered village of Powers in pink
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Michigan
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Menominee
leader_titleSupervisor
leader_nameJames Moraska
established_titleSettled
established_date1871
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi163.0
area_land_sq_mi162.6
area_water_sq_mi0.4
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total1599
population_density_sq_mi9.8
timezoneCentral (CST)
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST-5
elevation_m278
elevation_ft912
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP Codes
postal_code49874 (Powers)
49886 (Spalding)
49873 (Perronville)
area_code906
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info26-109-75350
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info1627101
website

49886 (Spalding) 49873 (Perronville) Spalding Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,599 at the 2020 census. It is named after Jesse Spalding (1833–1904), who operated a steam sawmill at the village in the township that now bears his name.

Geography

The township is in northern Menominee County, extending 24 mi from north to south. It is bordered to the north by Marquette County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 163.0 sqmi, of which 162.6 sqmi are land and 0.4 sqmi, or 0.24%, are water. Most of the township is drained by the Cedar River, which flows south and east toward Green Bay on Lake Michigan. The river passes between the communities of Powers and Spalding in the southern part of the township. The northern part of the township is drained by the West Branch of the Ford River, a southeast-flowing tributary of Lake Michigan.

Communities

  • The village of Powers is in the southwest part of the township, at the junction of U.S. Routes 2 and 41.
  • The unincorporated community of Spalding is in the southeast part of the township, bordered to the west by Powers. U.S. Route 2 and 41 run concurrently through the community, leading east to Escanaba.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,761 people, 625 households, and 426 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 1,599.

References

References

  1. "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "P1. Race – Spalding township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau.
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. {{gnis. 1627101
  5. (September 23, 1959). "Titan of Lumbering Left Name on U.P. Community". The Escanaba Daily Press.
  6. (September 20, 1939). "Spalding Often Being Misspelled". The Escanaba Daily Press.
  7. "Decennial Census Official Publications". U.S. Census Bureau.
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