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Munro Township, Michigan

township of Michigan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ521104 ↗
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Munro Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 592 as of the 2020 census.

Geography

Munro Township is located in western Cheboygan County and is bordered by Emmet County to the west. Interstate 75 passes through the eastern part of the township, with two exits providing access. The unincorporated community of Riggsville is located along the eastern border of the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91.1 km2), of which 28.4 square miles (73.6 km2) is land and 6.4 square miles (16.5 km2), or 19.25%, is water. Douglas Lake is a large lake in the center and western parts of the township. Munro Lake, Vincent Lake, and Lancaster Lake are smaller water bodies to the north.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 679 people, 270 households, and 206 families residing in the township. The population density was 23.8 per square mile (9.2/km2).

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The public source identifies “Munro Township, Michigan” as township of Michigan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Munro, Township and Michigan.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Munro, Township and Michigan providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q521104. Authority coordinates are 45.592, -84.688. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Munro Township, Michigan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.