![]() ![]() Forbush Corners in Frederic is a world-recognized center for education and training in cross country skiing, and benefits from early and late snow due to a "snow belt micro climate".It also offers hundreds of miles of off-road vehicle and snowmobile trails that are accessible from the village. Frederic Township is home to numerous outdoor sports such as camping, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and trout fishing.Thousands of acres of rolling terrain, including state and national forest, lie in between. The Manistee River is on its western border. The headwaters of the Au Sable River are on its eastern border.About 9.8% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the township was $15,273. Males had a median income of $31,058 versus $20,625 for females. The median income for a household in the township was $31,923, and the median income for a family was $35,250. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. In the township the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.91. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 555 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. The racial makeup of the township was 97.14% White, 0.14% African American, 1.14% Native American, 0.07% Asian, and 1.50% from two or more races. There were 1,092 housing units at an average density of 15.2 per square mile (5.9/km 2). The population density was 19.5 per square mile (7.5/km 2). I-75 (passes north–south just east of Frederic Township)Īs of the census of 2000, there were 1,401 people, 555 households, and 397 families residing in the township.Hartwick Pines State Park and the Huron portion of the Huron-Manistee National Forests are nearby. ![]() The Au Sable River flows southwards through the eastern part of the township, towards Grayling, while the Manistee River flows southwards through the western part of the township, then veers towards the southwest. įrederic Township is in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and occupies the northwest corner of Crawford County, bordered by Otsego County to the north and Kalkaska County to the west. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 72.02 square miles (186.53 km 2), of which 71.40 square miles (184.93 km 2) is land and 0.62 square miles (1.61 km 2) (0.86%) is water. The name was shortened to Frederic on August 4, 1886. A post office was first established under the name Fredericville on December 17, 1877. It was originally called Forest, as it was part of Maple Forest Township. Frederic was settled as a village around 1874 as a stop along the Michigan Central Railroad. The Frederic 49733 ZIP Code serves a very large portion of the surrounding areas. Frederic is an unincorporated community in the northeast part of the township on the middle branch of the Au Sable River at 44☄6′43″N 84☄5′16″W / 44.77861°N 84.75444°W / 44.77861 -84.75444.The mill operated until 1912, and by 1932, the community was deserted and the post office closed. Deward was named after lumbering magnate David Ward, whose heirs starting the community when they built a mill in 1901 to exploit that area's vast lumber resources. ![]()
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