Stanton Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,590 as of the 2020 census. Stanton Township holds the distinction of having the highest concentration of people with Finnish ancestry of any place in the United States at 47%.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.00%) is water.
Communities
- Beacon Hill is an unincorporated community in the township. It was a center of the Trimountain Mining Company, largely backed by Boston financiers, and the settlement was named after Beacon Hill neighborhood in that city. It was a station on the Copper Range Railroad. A post office operated from December 11, 1901, until August 31, 1952.
- Craig Roy was platted as a village in 1903 but never developed.
- Coles Creek is located, in part, in the township; the rest is located in neighbouring Adams Township.
- Edgemere is a hamlet a mile west of Redridge and one-half mile from Beacon Hill. It was the home of the copper stamp mill of the Adventure Mine and Adventure Mining Company.
- Oskar is an unincorporated community in the township. It was named for Oskar Eliasson (or Eliasen), a Finn who first came to Hancock Township around 1870 and became a charcoal tycoon. He was appointed the first postmaster of the settlement.
- Redridge is an unincorporated community in the township.
- Schmidt Corner is an unincorporated community in the township
Parks
- North Canal Township Park at the north end of the Keweenaw Canal and is across from McLain State Park.
Demographics
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! Largest ancestries (2000) !! Percent
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| Finnish || 46.9%
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| German|| 10.9%
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| English || 8.4%
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| Irish || 6.3%
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| French || 4.8%
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| Swedish || 4.0%
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| American || 2.9%
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| Norwegian || 2.5%
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! Languages (2000) !! Percent
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| Spoke only English at home || 81.99%
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| Spoke Finnish at home || 6.40%
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| Spoke German at home || 0.88%
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| Spoke Spanish at home || 0.70%
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| Spoke English "not well" or "not at all." || 0.76%
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As of the census