Lockport Township, Michigan

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Lockport Township, Michigan
FIPS code		26-49060[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626635[2]

Lockport Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,729 at the 2020 census.^[3]

History

Lockport Township was established in 1840 by the division of what is now Fabius Township.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81 km²), of which 29.6 square miles (77 km²) is land and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²) (5.31%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

of any race were 2.23% of the population.

There were 1,451 households, of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 26.4% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.04.

28.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64 and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The

, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 7.6% 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. Detroit, Michigan:
  ISBN 978-0814318386
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