Burns Township, Michigan

Coordinates: 42°49′40″N 83°58′55″W / 42.82778°N 83.98194°W / 42.82778; -83.98194
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Burns Township, Michigan
FIPS code
26-11880[1]
GNIS feature ID1625137[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Burns Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,280.[3]

History

Whitmore Knaggs established a trading post here in 1820 to exchange goods for furs with the local Ojibwe. The township was organized in 1835.[4]

Communities

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.91 square miles (93.01 km2), of which 35.30 square miles (91.43 km2) is land and 0.61 square miles (1.58 km2) (1.70%) is water.[7]

The Shiawassee River runs through Burns Township.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.51% of the population.

There were 1,191 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.2% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 13.8% 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 2.94 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,671, and the median income for a family was $52,888. Males had a median income of $43,611 versus $24,730 for females. The

poverty line
, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burns Township, Michigan
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Romig 1986, p. 88.
  5. ^ SHIAWASSEE County Map. J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information. September 2007.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Plains, Michigan
  7. 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 42 Michigan. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

Sources
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