Official Name: | Lake Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Lake Township |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Menominee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 72.7 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 70.7 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 2.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 501 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7.1 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 215 |
Elevation Ft: | 705 |
Coordinates: | 45.4233°N -87.7619°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 49887 (Stephenson) 49821 (Daggett) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-109-44360[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626576 |
Lake Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 501 at the 2020 census,[2] down from 556 in 2010.[4]
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 2miles west of the village of Stephenson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 72.7sqmi, of which 70.7sqmi are land and 2sqmi, or 2.74%, are water.[1] 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.
As of the census of 2000, there were 576 people, 244 households, and 164 families residing in the township. By 2020, there were 501 people in the township.