Hendricks Township, Michigan Explained
| Official Name: | Hendricks Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Hendricks Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mackinac |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Howard Hood |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Laurie Collier |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 210.05 |
| Area Land Km2: | 204.53 |
| Area Water Km2: | 5.52 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 81.10 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 78.97 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 2.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 117 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1.94 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 262 |
| Elevation Ft: | 860 |
| Coordinates: | 46.1406°N -85.1803°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
| Postal Code: | 49762 (Naubinway)
49793 (Trout Lake) |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-37660[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626464 |
Hendricks Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 117 at the 2020 census,[2] down from 153 in 2010.[4]
Geography
The township is west of the center of Mackinac County, on the northern shore of Lake Michigan. It is bordered to the east by Moran Township and to the west by Hudson Township, both in Mackinac County; and by Hulbert Township to the north and Trout Lake Township to the northeast, both in Chippewa County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hendricks Township has a total area of 81.1sqmi, of which 78.97sqmi are land and 2.13sqmi (2.62%) are water.[1]
Communities
- Caffey, along with the nearby Caffey Corner, was a lumber settlement at . It is on H-40. West of Caffey, H-40 is also known as the "Hiawatha Trail". At Caffey Corner, the Hiawatha Trail branches off to the south to end at US 2 east of Epoufette. H-40 continues east from Caffey approximately 7miles to Trout Lake and from there on to Rudyard just west of I-75. Its station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway was originally called "Lewis", but because at the time there was another post office named Lewis in Michigan, it was given a post office named "Caffey", after the Pennsylvania-born Civil War veteran William N. Caffey, who became the first postmaster in November 1899. The office closed in September 1909 and re-opened with Caffey as postmaster in June 1913. The post office closed permanently in December 1916.[5]
- Epoufette is an unincorporated community in the township on US 2 on Lake Michigan at . In 1848, a government surveyor, John R. McLeod, found an Ojibwe village here. Amable Goudreau began a commercial fishing business here in 1859, but it did not get a post office until lumbering operations began. McLeod became the first postmaster in December 1879. The name, French for "place of rest", was given by early French settlers because it was believed that Father Jacques Marquette used the harbor as the first step on his trip down Lake Michigan from St. Ignace. A historical marker commemorating the fishing village was erected in 1986.[6] A summer post office operated here from 1959 to 1965 and 1966–1972.
- Fiborn Quarry was a settlement around a limestone quarry.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan . United States Census Bureau . August 14, 2023.
- Web site: P1. Race – Hendricks township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. August 14, 2023.
- Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
- Web site: Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf . 2012-10-19 . live. PDF . September 2012. United States Census Bureau. 2010 United States Census. July 9, 2021. 31 Michigan.
- Book: Romig, Walter . 1986 . Michigan Place Names . 1973 . Wayne State University Press . Detroit, Michigan . 0-8143-1838-X.
- http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/L1255.htm Epoufette
- Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 196
