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Cohoctah Township, Michigan

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1072: 53: 65: 434: 85: 118: 442: 125: 92: 667:, also as it is currently known. Originally the Cohoctah township community was centered at the town of Cohoctah, which was the location of the rural school in Section 16. As the township evolved with the construction of the railroad, the community's commerce center shifted from the location of the school to that of the railroad depot, which then became the predominant community within the township. 740:
In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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of 2000, there were 3,394 people, 1,124 households, and 938 families residing in the township. The population density was 89.1 inhabitants per square mile (34.4/km). There were 1,206 housing units at an average density of 31.7 per square mile (12.2/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.91%
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living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.30.
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and is located in Section 16 of Cohoctah Township. Section 16 was commonly referred to as the school section within the townships due to the practice of placing a rural school near the center of each township in Section 16. There is no community or improvements depicted on the map in the
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as it was in the 1875 map. A change from the prior map is that a north–south railroad line is shown running through the easterly portion of the township. There is also a depot depicted with the community of
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The median income for a household in the township was $ 57,500, and the median income for a family was $ 63,182. Males had a median income of $ 51,028 versus $ 27,750 for females. The
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is 48816. There is a gas station, a small post office, and a machine shop. It started around a grain elevator in 1886 that is currently still there, but not in operation.
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and about 4.25 miles (6.84 km) south of Cohoctah, near the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Faussett Road, in the eastern part of Cohoctah Township at
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Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities
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is an unincorporated community, which despite its name is somewhat to the northwest of the center of Cohoctah Township at
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Per the 1915 Plat Maps of Livingston County, the community labeled as Cohoctah in the two prior maps is labeled as
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in 1857 and given its current name in 1867. Boutell Cemetery and Sanford Cemetery are located in the township.
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There were 1,124 households, out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were
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Per the 1875 Plat Maps of Livingston County, the community currently known as Cohoctah Center was labeled as
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Per the 1895 Plat Maps of Livingston County, the current community of Cohoctah Center is labeled as
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for the township was $ 21,582. About 1.9% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the
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in the northeast quadrant of the township at the junction of Oak Grove Road and Cohoctah Road at
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Farming is the primary use of land, with only three small towns serving as population centers:
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cohoctah Township, Michigan
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northeasterly area of the township where the current community of Cohoctah is located.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cohoctah Center, Michigan
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Grove, Michigan
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cohoctah, Michigan
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is an unincorporated community about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of
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Cohoctah Township was first organized in 1838 with the name of
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at the location of the current community of Cohoctah.
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Cohoctah Center, Michigan
Civil township
Cohoctah Township Hall
Location within Livingston County
Livingston County
Cohoctah Township is located in Michigan
Cohoctah Township is located in the United States
42°43′58″N 83°58′35″W / 42.73278°N 83.97639°W / 42.73278; -83.97639
Country
State
Michigan
County
Livingston
Clerk
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
ZIP Codes
Byron
Fowlerville
Howell
Area code
517
FIPS code
GNIS
cohoctahtownship.org

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