Editing Frederic Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Frederic Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Frederic Township Hall (Crawford), MI.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Frederic Township Hall and Library
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| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label      = Frederic Township
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| image_map          = Frederic Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Crawford County, Michigan|Crawford County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Crawford County, Michigan|Crawford]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Brandon Gabriel
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Amanda Siwecki
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = November 20, 2020

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| area_total_km2     = 
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 72.02
| area_land_sq_mi    = 71.40
<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1161
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
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| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 409
| elevation_ft       = 1342
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|45|58|N|84|46|18|W|region:US-MI_type:adm2nd_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49733 (Frederic)<br>49735 ([[Gaylord, Michigan|Gaylord]])<br>49738 ([[Grayling, Michigan|Grayling]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-30480<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626311<ref>{{gnis|1626311}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|frederictownship.org|Official website}}
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}}
'''Frederic Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Crawford County, Michigan|Crawford County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,161 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Frederic_township,_Crawford_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2603930480 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''Deward''' is an uninhabited [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] within the township at {{coord|44|50|26|N|84|49|36|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617524|Deward, Michigan}}</ref>  Deward was named after lumbering magnate David Ward, whose heirs starting the community when they built a mill in 1901 to exploit that area's vast lumber resources.  A post office opened on June 3, 1901.  The mill operated until 1912, and by 1932, the community was deserted and the post office closed.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=155}}
* '''Frederic''' is an unincorporated community in the northeast part of the township on the middle branch of the [[Au Sable River (Michigan)|Au Sable River]] at {{Coord|44|46|43|N|84|45|16|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|626445|Frederic, Michigan}}</ref> The Frederic 49733 [[ZIP Code]] serves a very large portion of the surrounding areas.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frederic,+MI+49733/@44.7932724,-84.8622726,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88200eac66ca9ff7:0xe097274c3349a5c4!8m2!3d44.7863318!4d-84.7524482 |title = 49733 ZIP Code map |access-date = June 24, 2022 }}</ref>  Frederic was settled as a village around 1874 as a stop along the [[Michigan Central Railroad]].  It was originally called Forest, as it was part of [[Maple Forest Township, Michigan|Maple Forest Township]].  A post office was first established under the name Fredericville on December 17, 1877.  The name was shortened to Frederic on August 4, 1886.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=210}}
*'''Ishaward''' is an unincorporated community within the northwestern portion of the township at {{coord|44|48|48|N|84|50|22|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617644|Ishaward, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|72.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|71.40|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.62|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.86%) 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=2012-10-19 |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]]| accessdate = May 1, 2020|page=20 Michigan}}</ref>

Frederic Township is in the northern part of the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan]] and occupies the northwest corner of Crawford County, bordered by [[Otsego County, Michigan|Otsego County]] to the north and [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] to the west.  The Au Sable River flows southwards through the eastern part of the township, towards Grayling, while the [[Manistee River]] flows southwards through the western part of the township, then veers towards the southwest.

[[Hartwick Pines State Park]] and the Huron portion of the [[Huron-Manistee National Forests]] are nearby.

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|I|75}} (passes north–south just east of Frederic Township)
*{{jct|state=MI|BL|75|dab1=Grayling}}
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|72}}
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|93}}

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,401 people, 555 households, and 397 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|19.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.14% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.14% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.50% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.21% of the population.

There were 555 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 23.8% 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 2.50 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,923, and the median income for a family was $35,250. Males had a median income of $31,058 versus $20,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,273.  About 9.8% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Recreation and tourism==
*The headwaters of the Au Sable River are on its eastern border.  The [[Manistee River]] is on its western border.  Thousands of acres of rolling terrain, including state and national forest, lie in between.
*Frederic Township is home to numerous outdoor sports such as [[camping]], [[canoeing]], [[hiking]], [[horseback riding]], [[cross-country skiing]], and [[trout]] [[fishing]]. It also offers hundreds of miles of off-road vehicle and [[snowmobile]] trails that are accessible from the village.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crawfordco.org/townships/frederic.htm |title=Frederic Township official website. |access-date=2007-12-31 |archive-date=2007-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917182040/http://www.crawfordco.org/townships/frederic.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Forbush Corners in Frederic is a world-recognized center for education and training in cross country skiing, and benefits from early and late snow due to a "snow belt micro climate". Accomplished amateur ski racer David Forbush designed, maintains and grooms "one of the finest privately owned systems in the Midwest."<ref>[http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=SGM005-037 Rankings and Discussion of Forbush corners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507131933/http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=SGM005-037 |date=2005-05-07 }} [http://www.forbushcorner.com/ Forbush Corners website]</ref>

==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-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=155, 210}}

==External links==
* [http://frederictownship.org/ Frederic Township official website]
* [http://www.clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Crawford.htm Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Bibliography on Crawford County]

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[[Category:Townships in Crawford County, Michigan]]
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