Editing Mueller Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Mueller Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Mueller Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft]]

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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Jerry Glasscock
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Mary Lee
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 87.78
| area_land_sq_mi    = 83.61
| area_water_sq_mi   = 4.17

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 260
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| elevation_m        = 214
| elevation_ft       = 702
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|03|31|N|85|55|14|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49836 ([[Germfask Township, Michigan|Germfask]])<br>49840 ([[Doyle Township, Michigan|Gulliver]])<br>49854 ([[Manistique, Michigan|Manistique]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-56060<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>
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| blank1_info        = 1626777<ref>{{gnis|1626777}}</ref>
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'''Mueller Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 260 in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mueller_township,_Schoolcraft_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2615356060 |access-date=2023-08-04 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|87.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|83.61|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (4.75%) is water.

=== Communities ===
* '''Blaney Park''' was established as a lumbering town by the William Mueller Company, a Chicago-based company that operated steam ships on the great lakes.  It was not a successful operation so the town was sold in 1909 to the Wiscon Land and Mining Company, which continued lumbering operations until 1927.  It was then converted into a resort town.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=66}}
* '''Port Inland''' is a commercial port in the eastern end of the township at {{Coord|45|58|15|N|85|52|20|W|}}<ref>{{gnis|1617801|Port Inland, Michigan}}</ref> It transships the limestone carried to it by [[Carmeuse Lime & Stone (railroad)|Carmeuse]], a quarry company. In 2013, it was the 81st [[List of ports in the United States|largest port in the United States]] ranked by tonnage.

==Demographics==
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 245 people, 102 households, and 84 families residing in the township.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The [[population density]] was 2.9 per square mile (1.1/km{{sup|2}}). There were 301 housing units at an average density of 3.6 per square mile (1.4/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the township was 88.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.22% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latinos]] of any race were 2.86% of the population. By 2020, its population grew to 260.<ref name=":0" />

In 2000, there were 102 households, out of which 19.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.62. In the township the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 33.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.2 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the township was $33,571, and the median income for a family was $34,643. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,507.  About 2.5% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under the age of eighteen and 10.8% of those 65 or over. As of 2021 census estimates, its median household income was $53,571.<ref name=":0" />

==Transportation==
[[Indian Trails]] provides daily intercity bus service via Blaney Park between [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]] and [[Ironwood, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web | title=ST. IGNACE-SAULT STE. MARIE-IRONWOOD | publisher=[[Indian Trails]] | date=January 15, 2013 | access-date=2013-02-28 | url=http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1489_0.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704084717/http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1489_0.pdf | archive-date=July 4, 2014 }}</ref>

==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 = 0-8143-1838-X |location=Detroit, Michigan <!--|ISBN=978-0814318386 --> }}

== Further reading ==
*{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Cecilia|url=http://www.miningjournal.net/life/2018/02/blaney-park/|title=Blaney Park; The U.P.'s 'premier resort'|website=[[The Mining Journal|Mining Journal]]|date=2018-02-22|access-date=2018-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523142849/http://www.miningjournal.net/life/2018/02/blaney-park/|archive-date=2018-05-23|url-status=live}}

{{Schoolcraft County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Schoolcraft County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan]]