  west branch township is a civil township of marquette county in the u.s. state of michigan. the population was 1,648 at the 2000 census. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.4&nbsp;kmÂ²), of which 35.5 square miles (91.9&nbsp;kmÂ²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5&nbsp;kmÂ²) (0.59%) is water. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 1,648 people, 596 households, and 448 families residing in the township. the population density was 46.4 per square mile (17.9/kmÂ²). there were 889 housing units at an average density of 25.1 per square mile (9.7/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the township was 91.63% white, 0.30% african american, 2.
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