Alaiedon Township, Michigan

Coordinates: 42°38′44″N 84°25′23″W / 42.64556°N 84.42306°W / 42.64556; -84.42306
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Alaiedon Township, Michigan
FIPS code
26-00800[1]
GNIS feature ID1625809[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Alaiedon Township (/ˈælədən/ AL-ə-dən) is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,910.[3]

Communities

  • German was an area of the township originally settled by immigrants from Germany.[4]
  • The city of Lansing is to the northwest of the township and also controls a noncontiguous tract of land within the township along Interstate 96 under a conditional land transfer agreement. Much of the northern portion is considered to be part of the Greater Lansing urban area.
  • The city of Mason is to the south and has annexed land that was formerly within the township.
  • The
    unincorporated community of Okemos in Meridian Charter Township
    is to the north.
  • Michigan State University owns land in the northwest corner of the township.

History

The land that was to become the township was surveyed by a Musgrove Evans in 1827. James Phillips became the first person to settle in the township in December 1836 at a location known as Alaiedon Center.

Delhi
and Alaiedon townships. The aforementioned townships would be spun off in 1842 to give the township the boundaries it has to this day.

The township's settlement pattern changed considerably in 1847, the same year the

Ingham County
's "poor farm" that served as the township hall until 1959 when a new one was constructed at 2021 West Holt Road.

In 1998,[7] 2008,[8] and 2013,[9] the township entered into PA 425 Agreements, which conditionally transferred hundreds of acres of territory in the north-central part of the township to the city of Lansing to retain and expand the headquarters of Jackson National Life Insurance.[10]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.77 square miles (92.64 km2), of which 35.60 square miles (92.20 km2) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (0.48%) is water.[3]

Sycamore Creek flows northward through the western part of the township. The eastern boundary of the township is the Michigan meridian used in the survey of Michigan.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.37% of the population.

There were 1,115 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.3% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $64,680, and the median income for a family was $69,261. Males had a median income of $52,500 versus $35,028 for females. The

poverty line
, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those aged 65 or over.

The

2000 Census.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alaiedon Township, Michigan
  3. ^
    2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 24 Michigan. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Romig 1986, p. 221.
  5. ^ a b c Alaiedon Township website, "History" webpage, accessed April 18, 2010
  6. ^ Romig 1986, p. 13.
  7. ^ Minutes of Board of Commissioners' Meeting, Lansing Board of Water and Light, Tuesday, September 22, 1998
  8. ^ Official Proceedings of the City Council, Legislative Matters, Resolutions, City of Lansing, January 24, 2008
  9. ^ Official Proceedings of the City Council, Legislative Matters, Resolutions, City of Lansing, August 5, 2013
  10. ^ VanHulle, Lindsay (April 30, 2013). "Plan Lands 1,000 Jobs". Lansing State Journal. Gannett Company.
  11. ^ Corrected Census 2000 Total Population, Group Quarters Population, Total Housing Unit, and Vacant Housing Unit Counts for Governmental Units

Sources

  • Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan:
    ISBN 978-0814318386
    .

External links
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