Editing Lake Township, Menominee County, Michigan

{{Hatnote|For other Lake Townships in Michigan, see [[Lake Township, Michigan (disambiguation)|Lake Township, Michigan]].}}
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|postal_code              = 49887 ([[Stephenson, Michigan|Stephenson]])<br/>49821 ([[Daggett, Michigan|Daggett]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 906|906]]
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'''Lake Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Menominee County, Michigan|Menominee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 501 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 556 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US2610944360&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race – Lake township, Michigan: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=October 12, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
The township is on the western edge of Menominee County, bordered to the west and south, across the [[Menominee River]], by [[Marinette County, Wisconsin]]. The eastern border of the township is {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of the village of [[Stephenson, Michigan|Stephenson]].
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|72.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|70.7|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, or 2.74%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> Shakey Lakes County Park is in the western part of the township, among a chain of lakes formed by an impoundment on the [[Shakey River]].

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 576 people, 244 households, and 164 families residing in the township. By 2020, there were 501 people in the township.<ref name="Census 2020" />

==References==
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{{Menominee County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Menominee County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Marinette micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]