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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dafter Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,327 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,263 to 1,327 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dafter yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Then & now

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