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Holmes Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 341 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 335 people in 2010, 341 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1968.

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

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