Gourley Township, Michigan
Gourley Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 451 at the 2020 census.
Gourley Township was established in 1920.
Geography
The township is in eastern Menominee County, bordered to the east by Delta County. It is 8 miles (13 km) east of Carney and 52 miles (84 km) by road northeast of Menominee, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.8 square miles (93 km), of which 35.7 square miles (92 km) are land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km), or 0.10%, are water. The Cedar River, a tributary of Lake Michigan, flows across the township from north to south.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 409 people, 166 households, and 124 families residing in the township. In 2020, there were 451 people in the township.
References
Notes
- ^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ "P1. Race – Gourley township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gourley Township, Michigan
- ^ Romig 1986, p. 230.
Sources
- Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.
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