Hendricks Township, Michigan

Hendricks Township, Michigan
Civil township
Hendricks Township Office
Location within Mackinac County
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Coordinates: 46°08′26″N85°10′49″W / 46.14056°N 85.18028°W / 46.14056; -85.18028
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Mackinac
Government
• Supervisor	Howard Hood
•  Clerk	Laurie Collier
Area [1]
• Total	81.10 sq mi (210.05 km2)
• Land	78.97 sq mi (204.53 km2)
• Water	2.13 sq mi (5.52 km2)
Elevation	860 ft (262 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	117
• Density	1.94/sq mi (0.75/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	49762 (Naubinway) 49793 (Trout Lake)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-37660 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1626464 [4]

Former Hendricks Township Fire Station

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. ^[5]

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 81.10 square miles (210.05 km²), of which 78.97 square miles (204.53 km²) are land and 2.13 square miles (5.52 km²) (2.62%) are water. ^[1]

Communities

• Caffey, along with the nearby Caffey Corner, was a lumber settlement at 46°10′08″N85°11′07″W / 46.16889°N 85.18528°W / 46.16889; -85.18528 . 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 7 miles (11 km) to Trout Lake and from there on to Rudyard just west of I-75. ^{[6] [7]} 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. ^{[8] [9]}
• Epoufette is an unincorporated community in the township on US 2 on Lake Michigan at 46°03′20″N85°10′06″W / 46.05556°N 85.16833°W / 46.05556; -85.16833 . ^[10] 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. ^[8] A historical marker commemorating the fishing village was erected in 1986. ^[11] A summer post office operated here from 1959 to 1965 and 1966–1972. ^[12]
• Fiborn Quarry was a settlement around a limestone quarry. ^[13]

References

1. "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
2. "P1. Race – Hendricks township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hendricks Township, Michigan
5. "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census . United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 31 Michigan. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caffey, Michigan
7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caffey Corner, Michigan
8. Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0-8143-1838-X.
9. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caffey Post Office (historical)
10. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Epoufette, Michigan
11. Epoufette, Michigan Historical Markers
12. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Epoufette Post Office (historical)
13. Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 196