Excelsior Township, Michigan

Coordinates: 44°44′06″N 85°01′20″W / 44.73500°N 85.02222°W / 44.73500; -85.02222
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Excelsior Township, Michigan
FIPS code
26-26860[1]
GNIS feature ID1626260[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Excelsior Township is a civil township of Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 991 at the 2020 census.

The township was established in 1875. Portions of the township are served by the Excelsior Township School District 1, which is one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in the state.[3] The current township hall also served as a high school in the past and is listed as a state historic site.

Communities

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.22 square miles (93.81 km2), of which 35.33 square miles (91.50 km2) is land and 0.89 square miles (2.31 km2) (2.46%) is water.[4]

Excelsior Township contains several lakes, including Crawford Lake, Grass Lake, Lake Five, Perch Lake, Post Lake, and the southernmost portion of Manistee Lake. The north branch of the Manistee River also passes through the township.

M-72 runs east–west through the center of the township.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 328 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,932, and the median income for a family was $39,844. Males had a median income of $35,288 versus $20,956 for females. The

poverty line
, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

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: Excelsior Township, Michigan
  3. Record-Eagle
    . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  4. 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 27 Michigan. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
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