Editing Trout Lake Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Trout Lake Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Trout Lake Township, MI hall.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = Trout Lake Township Hall
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = 
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label            = Trout Lake Township
| pushpin_label_position   = left <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| image_map                = Trout Lake Township, MI location.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = <!-- 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        = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=[[Michigan Townships Association]]|url=https://michigantownships.org/find-a-township/?fips=80600|title=Trout Lake Township, Chippewa County, Michigan|date=2023|accessdate=December 9, 2023}}</ref>
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Supervisor
| leader_name              = David Blake-Thomas
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = David Hillman
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1888
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 372.00
| area_land_km2            = 366.20
| area_water_km2           = 5.80
| area_total_sq_mi         = 143.63
| area_land_sq_mi          = 141.39
| area_water_sq_mi         = 2.24<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 332
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 2.35
| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 252
| elevation_ft             = 827
| coordinates              = {{coord|46|11|55|N|84|57|47|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49715 ([[Brimley, Michigan|Brimley]])<br>49728 ([[Eckerman, Michigan|Eckerman]])<br>49760 ([[Moran, Michigan|Moran]])<br>49780 ([[Rudyard, Michigan|Rudyard]])<br>49793 (Trout Lake)
| area_code                = [[Area code 906|906]] 
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-80600<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              = 1627173<ref>{{GNIS|1627173}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.troutlaketownship.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Trout Lake Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].  The population was 332 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=C2020>{{cite web|last=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Trout%20Lake%20township,%20Chippewa%20County,%20Michigan|title=Trout Lake Township, Chippewa County, Michigan|accessdate=December 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|143.63|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|141.39|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|2.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (1.56%) 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 = December 8, 2023|page=19 Michigan}}</ref>

The township is in southwestern Chippewa County on the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]] and is bordered to the south and west by [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]]. The unincorporated community of Trout Lake is in the southwestern part of the township, near the lake of the same name.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| width       = auto
| collapsed   = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = Trout Lake 1SW, Michigan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1978–2017)
| Jan record high F = 50
| Feb record high F = 56
| Mar record high F = 78
| Apr record high F = 80
| May record high F = 88
| Jun record high F = 91
| Jul record high F = 94
| Aug record high F = 96
| Sep record high F = 88
| Oct record high F = 80
| Nov record high F = 70
| Dec record high F = 60
| year record high F = 96
| Jan high F = 24.8
| Feb high F = 27.8
| Mar high F = 38.0
| Apr high F = 50.4
| May high F = 64.6
| Jun high F = 73.3
| Jul high F = 76.5
| Aug high F = 75.2
| Sep high F = 67.4
| Oct high F = 53.8
| Nov high F = 40.5
| Dec high F = 30.3
| year high F = 51.9
| Jan mean F = 16.9
| Feb mean F = 18.4
| Mar mean F = 27.2
| Apr mean F = 39.5
| May mean F = 52.3
| Jun mean F = 61.5
| Jul mean F = 65.4
| Aug mean F = 64.8
| Sep mean F = 57.6
| Oct mean F = 45.5
| Nov mean F = 34.0
| Dec mean F = 23.7
| year mean F = 42.2
| Jan low F = 8.9
| Feb low F = 9.0
| Mar low F = 16.4
| Apr low F = 28.6
| May low F = 40.0
| Jun low F = 49.8
| Jul low F = 54.4
| Aug low F = 54.3
| Sep low F = 47.7
| Oct low F = 37.2
| Nov low F = 27.4
| Dec low F = 17.1
| year low F = 32.6
| Jan record low F = -38
| Feb record low F = -43
| Mar record low F = -31
| Apr record low F = -6
| May record low F = 12
| Jun record low F = 22
| Jul record low F = 23
| Aug record low F = 28
| Sep record low F = 20
| Oct record low F = 15
| Nov record low F = -3
| Dec record low F = -30
| year record low F = -43
| precipitation colour   = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 1.91
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.26
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.99
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.68
| May precipitation inch = 2.72
| Jun precipitation inch = 2.84
| Jul precipitation inch = 3.45
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.07
| Sep precipitation inch = 4.02
| Oct precipitation inch = 4.28
| Nov precipitation inch = 3.01
| Dec precipitation inch = 2.29
| year precipitation inch = 33.52
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  = 14.7
| Feb precipitation days  = 9.7
| Mar precipitation days  = 8.1
| Apr precipitation days  = 9.5
| May precipitation days  = 10.8
| Jun precipitation days  = 10.9
| Jul precipitation days  = 11.9
| Aug precipitation days  = 10.5
| Sep precipitation days  = 12.7
| Oct precipitation days  = 15.0
| Nov precipitation days  = 12.7
| Dec precipitation days  = 14.4
| year precipitation days = 140.9
| Jan snow inch = 29.9
| Feb snow inch = 17.7
| Mar snow inch = 12.3
| Apr snow inch = 3.9
| May snow inch = 0.1
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.5
| Nov snow inch = 8.8
| Dec snow inch = 25.3
| year snow inch = 98.5
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days  = 13.9
| Feb snow days  = 8.8
| Mar snow days  = 4.5
| Apr snow days  = 2.0
| May snow days  = 0.1
| Jun snow days  = 0.0
| Jul snow days  = 0.0
| Aug snow days  = 0.0
| Sep snow days  = 0.0
| Oct snow days  = 0.5
| Nov snow days  = 4.2
| Dec snow days  = 9.7
| year snow days = 43.7
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=apx
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = April 2, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00208293&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = April 2, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population|2000=465|2010=384|2020=332|estyear=|estimate=|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523034651/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2014/SUB-EST2014.html|archive-date=May 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>|align=left|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015 }}</ref>|1890=112|1900=307|1910=912|1920=537|1930=450|1940=533|1950=378|1960=400|1970=306|1980=386|1990=429}}As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 465 people, 212 households, and 143 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 332.

==Gallery==
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File:Downtown_Trout_Lake_Township,Michigan.JPG|{{center|Unincorporated community of Trout Lake}}
File:Trout Lake, MI post office.jpg|{{center|U.S. Post Office in Trout Lake}}
File:Trout Lake, MI road signage.jpg|{{center|Community of Trout Lake signage}}
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.troutlaketownship.com/ Trout Lake Township official website]

{{Chippewa County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Chippewa County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1888]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Michigan]]