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| rdfs:label | - Frenchtown Charter Township
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| rdfs:comment | - Frenchtown Charter Township is a charter township in eastern Monroe County, Michigan along the shoreline of Lake Erie. It is bound to the east by the lake, to the south by Monroe and the River Raisin, to the north by Ash Township, and to the west by Raisinville Township. The community is a bedroom community for Monroe, being connected to it by Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 24, M-125, and the former Dixie Highway. The township also contains the unincorporated communities of Detroit Beach, Stony Point and Woodland Beach. The population was 20,777 during the 2000 census.
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| Name | - Frenchtown Charter Township
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| Officials | - *James McDevitt
*Township board:
**Peggy L. Barton
**Hedwig Kaufman
**Thomas Kuehnlein
**Jack Lindquist
**Rhonda Sommers
**Kraig A. Yoas
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| abstract | - Frenchtown Charter Township is a charter township in eastern Monroe County, Michigan along the shoreline of Lake Erie. It is bound to the east by the lake, to the south by Monroe and the River Raisin, to the north by Ash Township, and to the west by Raisinville Township. The community is a bedroom community for Monroe, being connected to it by Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 24, M-125, and the former Dixie Highway. The township also contains the unincorporated communities of Detroit Beach, Stony Point and Woodland Beach. The population was 20,777 during the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, Frenchtown Charter Township has a total area of 43.3 square miles, of which 1.1 square miles is water. The community primarily uses three ZIP codes; although, the majority of the population lives within 48162—assigned to Monroe— and 48166—assigned to Newport. Northern portions of the township also use 48117—assigned to Carleton. The township has the FIPS code 26-30820.
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