Beaver Creek Township, Michigan
township in Crawford County, Michigan
Beaver Creek Township is a civil township of Crawford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,515.
The township borders the northern coast of Higgins Lake and includes North Higgins Lake State Park. Interstate 75 passes through the township, and the northern terminus of U.S. Route 127 is at Interstate 75 within the township.
Communities
Pere Cheney is an uninhabited unincorporated community in the northeastern portion of the township at 44°34′39″N 84°38′16″W.
Skyline Village is an unincorporated community located near the junction of Interstate 75 and U.S. Route 127 at 44°34′16″N 84°42′08″W.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 71.56 square miles (185.34 km2), of which 71.46 square miles (185.08 km2) is land and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.14%) is water.
Beaver Creek Township occupies the southwest corner of Crawford County and is bordered by Kalkaska County to the west and Roscommon County to the south. The township is crossed by Interstate 75 and U.S. Route 127, limited-access highways that join near the northern border of the township. I-75 leads north to Grayling, the Crawford County seat, and to the Straits of Mackinac, while heading southeast to Bay City and Saginaw. US 127 leads south to Mount Pleasant.
Highways
I-75
BL I-75 (named locally as Old 76 or West Federal Highway)
US 127 (terminus with Interstate 75)
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,486 people, 603 households, and 458 families residing in the township.
The public source identifies “Beaver Creek Township, Michigan” as township in Crawford County, Michigan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Beaver, Creek and Township.
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