Editing Grim Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Grim Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Entering Grim Township westbound along [[M-61 (Michigan highway)|M-61]]
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]]

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|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        = [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]]

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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Andy Schneider
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Linda O'Dell
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|area_total_km2           = 184.72
|area_land_km2            = 182.08
|area_water_km2           = 2.64
|area_total_sq_mi         = 71.32
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 136
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|population_density_sq_mi = 1.93

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_m              = 230
|elevation_ft             = 755
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|59|14|N|84|14|8|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48610 ([[Moffatt Township, Michigan|Alger]])<br>48612 ([[Beaverton, Michigan|Beaverton]])<br>48613 ([[Gibson Township, Michigan|Bentley]])<br>48624 ([[Gladwin, Michigan|Gladwin]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-35340<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              = 1625138<ref>{{gnis|1625138}}</ref>
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'''Grim Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 136 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name=CENS>{{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|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 = September 11, 2021|page=22 Michigan}}</ref>

Grim Township is the [[List of municipalities in Michigan|least densely-populated municipality]] in the state's [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]], as well as the Lower Peninsula's third least-populated township after [[Pointe Aux Barques Township, Michigan|Pointe Aux Barques Township]] and [[Zilwaukee Township, Michigan|Zilwaukee Township]].

==Communities==
* '''[[Hard Luck, Michigan|Hard Luck]]''' was an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|44|04|18|N|84|11|35|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617608|Hard Luck, Michigan}}</ref>  Originally a lumber town along the [[Michigan Central Railroad]], the community contained its own post office from April 24, 1904 until August 31, 1906.<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 |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=251}}</ref>  The community is now a [[ghost town]] with no remaining structures.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|71.32|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|70.30|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|1.02|sqmi|km2|2}} (1.43%) is water.<ref name=CENS/>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|61}} runs west–east near through center of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 129 people, 49 households, and 39 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|1.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 123 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 96.90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.10% of the population.

There were 49 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $27,000, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $45,625 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $24,326. There were 18.4% of families and 27.5% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 40.7% of under eighteens and 15.4% of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Gladwin County, Michigan}}

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