Berrien Township, Michigan

Berrien Township, Michigan
FIPS code		26-07820[1]
GNIS feature ID	1625926[2]
Website	Official website

Berrien Township is a

Berrien Township was established in 1832, taking its name from Berrien County.[4]

Communities

• Berrien Center is an
  ZIP code for the post office is 49102 and serves the northeast portion of Berrien Township.^[7]
• Dickson's Corners was a hamlet in this township at least in the 1870s.[8]
• Fairland was a station on the
  Chicago and West Michigan Railroad. It had a post office from 1885 until 1906.^[9]
• The village of Berrien Springs is adjacent to the township on the west, and the Berrien Springs ZIP code 49103 also serves the southwest portion of Berrien Township.^[10]
• The village of Eau Claire is partially within the Berrien Township, and the Eau Claire ZIP code 49111 also serves the northwest portion of the township.^[11]
• The city of Niles is to the south, and the Nile ZIP code 49120 also serves the southeast portion of Berrien Township.^[12]
• The community of
  Sodus is to the northwest, and the Sodus ZIP code 49126 also serves a small area in the northwest of Berrien Township.^[13]

The township is in the southeast portion of the county. The western boundary with

is to the southwest.

US 31 cuts across the southwest corner of the township. M-140 runs north and south through the center of the township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.8 square miles (95.3 km²), of which 35.1 square miles (90.8 km²) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²), or 4.66%, is water.^[14]

Demographics

As of the

of any race were 6.68% of the population.

There were 1,664 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,293, and the median income for a family was $49,390. Males had a median income of $35,500 versus $25,603 for females. The

, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

Notes

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 978-0-8143-1838-6
  .

External links

• Berrien Township official website