Blumfield Township, Michigan

Blumfield Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the township population was 1,874.^[3]

History

Blumfield Township was founded in 1853 by Carl Post and George F. Veenfliet named after Robert Blum. It was the site of one sawmill and several farms around 1880. At that point it had been primarily settled by immigrants from Germany.^[4] Most of these immigrants were people who had favored the 1848 reforms and left in the wake of their suppression.^[5]}

Communities

• Arthur, or Blumfield Junction was a small community with a station on a branch of the Michigan Central Railroad. A post office operated as Blumfield Junction from May 31, 1862 to October 20, 1880.^[6] It reopened as Arthur and operated from December 1880 until October 1904.^[7] It was located on M-15 between the junctions with M-81 to the north and M-83 to the south.
• Blumfield Corners is a small
  Richville and about a mile east of the junction with M-83 and about a mile north of M-46 at 43°25′27″N 83°43′06″W / 43.42417°N 83.71833°W / 43.42417; -83.71833^[8][9]
• Frankentrost (once also called Trostville) is a small
  unincorporated community at M-46 and Mueller Road a few miles west the junction with M-83 at 43°24′26″N 83°47′31″W / 43.40722°N 83.79194°W / 43.40722; -83.79194.^[9][10] It was established in 1847 by a community of Lutheran immigrants from Bavaria.^[11]
• The village of Reese is over the eastern boundary in Tuscola County, though some development is in the township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the

There were 726 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.9% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,182, and the median income for a family was $55,750. Males had a median income of $46,875 versus $29,444 for females. The

Notable people

• Richard Veenfliet

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 978-0814318386
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