Waucedah Township, Michigan
Civil township
Waucedah Township Hall in Loretto
Location within Dickinson County
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Coordinates: 45°49′10″N 87°46′41″W / 45.81944°N 87.77806°W / 45.81944; -87.77806
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Dickinson
Government [1]
• Supervisor	Louis Sturm
•  Clerk	Lori Turri
Area
• Total	90.24 sq mi (233.72 km2)
• Land	88.50 sq mi (229.21 km2)
• Water	1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
Elevation	988 ft (301 m)
Population  ( 2020)
• Total	809
• Density	9.14/sq mi (3.53/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 ( Central (CST))
• Summer ( DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)	49834 ( Foster City) 49852 ( Loretto) 49892 ( Vulcan)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-84700 [2]
GNIS feature ID	1627227 [3]
Website	Official website

Waucedah Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. ^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.0 square miles (233.2 km²), of which, 88.9 square miles (230.4 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it (1.21%) is water.

Communities

• Waucedah is an unincorporated community in the township on U.S. Highway 2 at 45°45′47″N 87°44′43″W / 45.76306°N 87.74528°W / 45.76306; -87.74528.
• Loretto is an unincorporated community in the township on the Sturgeon River at 45°46′38″N 87°48′54″W / 45.77722°N 87.81500°W / 45.77722; -87.81500. It is on U.S. Highway 2 about three miles (4.8 km) west of Waucedah and about six miles (9.7 km) east of Norway.

Demographics

As of the census ^[2] of 2000, there were 800 people, 325 households, and 233 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 809.

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