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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Houghton Township, Michigan
| settlement_type = [[Civil township]]
| image_skyline = Houghton Township Community Center Eagle River MichiganEagle_River_Museum--Houghton_Township_Community_Center_Michigan_2021-4264.jpg
| imagesize = 275
| image_caption = The Houghton Township Community Center in [[Eagle River, Michigan|Eagle River]]
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|| pushpin_map = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location =within the state of Michigan##Location within the state of Michigan
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| pushpin_label = =Houghton Township
| pushpin_label_position = bottom<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|image_map = File:Houghton Township, Michigan.png
|mapsize image_map = Houghton Township, = 250Michigan3.png
|map_caption mapsize = Location within Keweenaw= County250
| map_caption = Location within [[Keweenaw County, Michigan|Keweenaw County]] (red) and the administered CDP of [[Eagle River, Michigan|Eagle River]] (pink)
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2 subdivision_name1 = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2 subdivision_type2 = [[KeweenawList County,of counties in Michigan|KeweenawCounty]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Keweenaw County, Michigan|Keweenaw]]
|government_type =
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |author = [[Michigan Townships Association]] |url = https://michigantownships.org/find-a-township/?fips=39380 |title = Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan |date = 2022 |publisher = Michigan Townships Association|access-date = December 11, 2022 }}</ref>
|leader_title =
|leader_name leader_title = Supervisor
|established_title leader_name = Ray Chase
| leader_title1 = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|established_date =▼
|unit_pref leader_name1 = Marjie ImperialMarshall
| established_title = Established
|area_total_km2 = 1340.5
▲| established_date = =1861
|area_land_km2 = 314.4
|area_water_km2 unit_pref = 1026.1Imperial
|area_total_sq_mi area_total_km2 = 5171340.611
|area_land_sq_mi area_land_km2 = 121312.466
|area_water_sq_mi area_water_km2 = 3961027.245
| area_total_sq_mi = 517.42
|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2000|2000]]▼
| area_land_sq_mi = 120.72
|population_total = 204▼
| area_water_sq_mi = 396.70
|population_density_km2= 0.6▼
▲| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census, 2000census|20002020]]
|population_density_sq_mi = 1.7▼
▲| population_total = 20472
|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]▼
▲| population_density_km2 = 0.6
|elevation_m = 192▼
▲| population_density_sq_mi = 10.785
|elevation_ft = 630▼
▲| timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|coordinates = {{coord|47|24|59|N|88|17|44|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}▼
|postal_code_type utc_offset = -5
|postal_code timezone_DST = EDT
|area_code utc_offset_DST = -4
▲| elevation_m = 192
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]▼
▲| elevation_ft = 630
|blank_info = 26-39380<ref name=GR2>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=American FactFinder}}</ref>▼
▲| coordinates = {{coord|47|24|59|N|88|17|44|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID▼
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|blank1_info = 1626493<ref>{{gnis|1626493}}</ref>▼
| postal_code = 49931 ([[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]])<ref group=lower-alpha>The [[Houghton, Michigan|Houghton]] 49931 ZIP Code is used exclusively for [[post office box]] services to [[Isle Royale National Park]].</ref><br>49950 ([[Allouez Township, Michigan|Mohawk]])
|website = http://www.houghtontwp.org/▼
| area_code = [[Area code 906|906]]
▲| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
▲| blank_info = 26-39380<ref name=GR2>{{cite web |url =http https://factfinder2www.census.gov |publisher =US [[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdateaccess-date = January 31, 2008 |title =American FactFinderU.S. Census website }}</ref>
▲| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
▲| blank1_info = 1626493<ref>{{gnisGNIS|1626493}}</ref>
▲| website = http{{URL|https://www.houghtontwp.org/|Official website}}
}}
'''Houghton Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Keweenaw County, Michigan|Keweenaw County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 72 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title = Explore Census Data |url = https://data.census.gov/profile/Houghton_township,_Keweenaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2608339380 |access-date = August 2, 2023 |publisher = United States Census Bureau }}</ref>
 
'''HoughtonThe Township'''township isconsists of a [[civilmainland township]]portion of the [[Keweenaw County, Michigan|Keweenaw CountyPeninsula]] inand the [[U.S.county state]]seat of [[Michigan]].Eagle TheRiver, populationMichigan|Eagle was 204 at the [[2000 United States CensusRiver]]., Theas townshipwell includes a portion ofas the [[Keweenawunpopulated Peninsula]]northeast and also the eastern halfportion of [[Isle Royale National Park]].
 
==Communities==▼
* Eagle River
* Eagle Nest
* Phoenix<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Houghton+Township,+MI/@48.0790954,-88.6889857,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d5a3cc7ab10dd75:0xc77ad198d29da1e5!8m2!3d48.1508045!4d-88.5603107 |title = Houghton Township MI |access-date = October 9, 2018 }}</ref>
* Vaughsville<ref>{{url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_KEWEENAW_COUNTY_125232_7.pdf}}
 
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|USU.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|517.642|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|121120.472|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|396.270|sqmi|km2|2}} (76.5467%) is water.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date = October 19, 2012 |url-status = live |format = PDF |title = Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |date = September 2012 |publisher = United States Census Bureau |work = [[2010 United States Census]] |access-date = April 3, 2020 |page = 28 Michigan }}</ref>
 
Due to its surrounding water boundaries, it ranks as the third-largest municipality by total area after [[McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan|McMillan Township]] and [[Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan|Eagle Harbor Township]], although Houghton Township has the largest water boundaries of any municipalities in the state.
 
===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|US|41}} runs west–east through the central portion of the township.
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|26}} enters the township concurrently with US 41 until it branches off to the north in [[Phoenix, Michigan|Phoenix]].
 
▲=== Communities ===
*'''Central''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|47|24|26|N|88|12|02|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|622986|Central, Michigan}}</ref> This settlement developed around the successful Central Mine, which began operating in 1854. A post office named Central Mine opened on December 8, 1871, in what was then part of [[Sherman Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan|Sherman Township]], as seen in an 1873 map of Keweenaw County.<ref>{{Cite map |last = Walling |first = H. F. |year = 1873 |map = Upper Peninsula, Scale six Miles to an Inch, Isle Royale (and Keweenaw Co.) |map-url = https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~22415~740027:Upper-Peninsula,-scale-six-miles-to |title = Atlas of the State of Michigan, Including Statistics and Descriptions of Its Topography, Hydrology, Climate, Natural and Civil History, Railways, Educational Institutions, Material Resources, etc. |scale = 1:380,160 |location = Detroit |publisher = R.M. & S.T. Tackabury |page = 118 |access-date = August 2, 2023 |via = David Rumsey Map Collection |language = en }}</ref> The name changed to Centralmine on June 30, 1894, and was disestablished on September 15, 1904. The mine itself closed in 1894.<ref>{{cite book |first1 = Walter |last1 = Romig |title = Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series = Great Lakes Books Series |year = 1986 |publisher = [[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location = Detroit |page = 107 }}</ref>
*'''Eagle Nest''' is an unincorporated community located just southeast of Eagle River at {{coord|47|24|27|N|88|16|39|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617534|Eagle Nest, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Eagle River, Michigan|Eagle River]] is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] located along Lake Superior at {{coord|47|24|50|N|88|17|44|W}}. It is also the county seat of Keweenaw County.<ref>{{GNIS|625096|Eagle River, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Phoenix, Michigan|Phoenix]] is an unincorporated community located at the junction of [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|U.S. Route 41]] and [[M-26 (Michigan highway)|M-26]] at {{coord|47|23|20|N|88|16|39|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|634768|Phoenix, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Rock Harbor (Michigan)|Rock Harbor Lodge]] is a seasonal unincorporated community located on [[Isle Royale National Park|Isle Royale]] at {{coord|48|08|45|N|88|29|01|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|636080|Rock Harbor Lodge, Michigan}}</ref> It is the main access point for visitors to the national park and is also the northernmost community in the state, although it is uninhabited during the colder months.
* '''Vaughsville''' is an unincorporated community located in the western portion of the township along US 41 / M-27 at {{coord|47|22|53|N|88|17|45|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617007|Vaughsville, Michigan}}</ref> The area was first settled by Joel Vaugh, who bought land here in 1849. He platted the village, but the settlement dwindled following his death in 1862.<ref>{{harvp|Romig|1986|pages=570–571}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
As ofAt the [[2000 United States Censuscensus]],<ref name=GR2/> there were 204 people, 45 households, and 26 families in the township. The [[population density]] was 1.7 per square mile (0.6/km²{{sup|2}}). There were 273 housing units at an average density of 2.2 per square mile (0.9/km²{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup ofBy the township was 58.33% [[White2020 (U.S. Census)|White]], 36.76% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.98% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.98% from [[Race (United States Census)census|other2020 racescensus]], and 2.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.90% of theits population. 16.5%declined were of [[Finnish people|Finnish]],to 1072.6%<ref [[Englishname=":0" people|English]], 9.4% [[Irish people|Irish]], 8.8% [[Italian people|Italian]], 6.5% [[German people|German]] and 5.3% [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] ancestry./>
 
In 2000, the racial makeup of the township was 58.33% [[White Americans|White]], 36.76% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.98% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.98% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latinos]] of any race were 4.90% of the population Among its population at the time, 16.5% were of [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]], 10.6% [[English Americans|English]], 9.4% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 8.8% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 6.5% [[German Americans|German]] and 5.3% [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]] ancestry.
There were 45 households out of which 13.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 42.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family size was 2.54.▼
 
▲ThereAt the 2000 census, there were 45 households, out of which 13.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 42.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family size was 2.54. The median income for a household in the township was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $8,505. None of the families and 7.0% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 9.1% of those over 64. At the 2021 [[American Community Survey]], its median household income increased to $51,250.<ref name=":0" />
The township population contained 51.5% under the age of 18, 13.2% from 18 to 24, 9.3% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 18 years. For every 100 females, there were 385.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 167.6 males.
 
==Notes==
The median income for a household in the township was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $8,505. None of the families and 7.0% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 9.1% of those over 64.
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==References==
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==External links==
*[httphttps://www.houghtontwp.org/ Official Website of theHoughton Township ofofficial Houghtonwebsite]
 
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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Keweenaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan]]
[[Category:TownshipsPopulated places established in Michigan1861]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Superior]]
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