Editing Elm River Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Elm River Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = DonkenMichiganSignM26.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Community of [[Donken, Michigan|Donken]] along [[M-26 (Michigan highway)|M-26]]
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label      = Elm River Township
| pushpin_label_position = bottom<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Elm River Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]]
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| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = John Reynolds
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
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| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 241.6
| area_land_km2      = 236.6
| area_water_km2     = 5.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 93.3
| area_land_sq_mi    = 91.3
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.9

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 204
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 362
| elevation_ft       = 1188
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|53|27|N|88|51|19|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49916 ([[Chassell, Michigan|Chassell]])<br>49965 ([[Toivola, Michigan|Toivola]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-25660<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626234<ref>{{cite gnis|1626234|Elm River Township, Michigan}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.elmrivertownship.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Elm River Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 204 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Elm_River_township,_Houghton_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2606125660 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|93.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|91.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}} (2.06%) is water.

==Communities==
*[[Donken, Michigan|Donken]] is an unincorporated community in the township.
*'''Elm River''' was an area around the operations of the Elm River Copper Company.  It had a post office from 1900 until 1907.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=181}}
*'''Lake Roland''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|04|N|88|51|50|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Lake Roland}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|629993|Lake Roland, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Twin Lakes''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|50|N|88|51|03|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Twin Lakes}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1615275|Twin Lakes, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Winona, Michigan|'''Winona''']] is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|52|28|N|88|54|26|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Winona}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1622185|Winona, Michigan}}</ref> A copper mine was first opened in 1864 by the Winona Copper Mining Company identified by a line of Indian pits. The mine could not be profitably operated at the time and little was done with it until the Winona Copper Company was organized in 1898 and assumed ownership of the earlier mine.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Copper Handbook |last=Stevens |first=Horace J. |year=1900 |publisher=Horace J. Stevens |location=Houghton, Michigan |oclc=2342752 |pages=275–279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHbhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA275 |access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> A post office operated from April 5, 1899 until September 12, 1975, after which it was a [[Community Post Office]] of [[Toivola, Michigan|Toivola]] until January 1, 1982.<ref>{{cite gnis|2124015|Winona Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
*'''Wyandotte''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|24|N|88|52|31|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Wyandotte}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1617956|Wyandotte, Michigan}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 169 people, 70 households, and 56 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|1.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 319 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 96.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.59% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.18% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 1.78% from two or more races. 41.4% were of [[Finnish people|Finnish]], 21.4% [[Irish people|Irish]], 6.9% [[Germans|German]], 6.2% [[English people|English]] and 5.5% [[French people|French]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 70 households, out of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.63.

In the township the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 34.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $27,813, and the median income for a family was $30,313. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $20,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,024. About 18.2% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.8% of those 65 or over.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{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 |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}

== External links ==
* [http://www.elmrivertownship.com/ Elm River Township official web site]
{{Houghton County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Houghton County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Houghton micropolitan area, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]