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Daggett, Michigan
Village
Downtown Daggett along U.S. Route 41
Downtown Daggett along U.S. Route 41
Location within Menominee County
Location within Menominee County
Daggett, Michigan is located in Michigan
Daggett, Michigan
Daggett, Michigan
Location in Michigan
Country United States
State Michigan
County Menominee
Township Daggett
Area
 • Total 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2)
 • Land 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
705 ft (215 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 258
 • Estimate 
(2019)
244
 • Density 217.66/sq mi (84.04/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49821
Area code(s) 906
FIPS code 26-19560
GNIS feature ID 0624271

Daggett is a village in Menominee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Daggett Township and is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Name

Daggett was originally named Section 25. The name Daggett either refers Elmira Daggett, a New York native that came to the area to visit her brother and is then said to have become the village's first postmistress, or to postmistress Clara Daggett's father (a native of Elmira, New York), the father-in-law of the village's founder, Thomas Faulkner.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.11 square miles (2.87 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 228
1920 321 40.8%
1930 291 −9.3%
1940 283 −2.7%
1950 341 20.5%
1960 296 −13.2%
1970 366 23.6%
1980 274 −25.1%
1990 260 −5.1%
2000 270 3.8%
2010 258 −4.4%
2019 (est.) 244 −5.4%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 258 people, 91 households, and 63 families residing in the village. The population density was 232.4 inhabitants per square mile (89.7/km2). There were 111 housing units at an average density of 100.0 per square mile (38.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 90.3% White, 6.2% African American, 1.2% Asian, 1.6% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.6% of the population.

There were 91 households, of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.52.

The median age in the village was 36.8 years. 30.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.1% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.2% male and 48.8% female.

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