Shiawassee Township, Michigan
Shiawassee Township, Michigan | ||
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FIPS code 26-73520[1] | | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1627080[2] | |
| Website | Official website | |
Shiawassee Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,740 at the 2020 census.[3]
Communities
- Bancroft is a village located in the southeast section of the township along Grand River Road and the railroad, southeast of Lansing Road at 42°52′43″N 84°3′50″W / 42.87861°N 84.06389°W.
- Newburg is an Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N.Y.[5]
- Shiawasseetown is an unincorporated community within the township at Bancroft and Bennington roads. 42°55′46″N 84°04′46″W / 42.92944°N 84.07944°W[6][7] Charles Bacon from Ohio started a company to buy and sell land here. A plat was filed and recorded in 1836.[8] On July 12, 1837, Lemuel Brown, postmaster, opened the post office as Shiawassee. On May 26, 1857, the Office was renamed Shiawassee Town. The city was planned as a possible state capital with 90 city blocks, two town squares and a park. The Shiawassee River in the community was dammed in the early 1900s for power. Most of the development never materialized.[9]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.85 square miles (95.44 km2), of which 36.39 square miles (94.25 km2) is land and 0.46 square miles (1.19 km2) (1.25%) is water.[10]
Demographics
At the 2000
There were 1,008 households, of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.20.
27.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.
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Highways
References
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shiawassee Township, Michigan
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Shiawassee County Michigan GPS Locations". Shiawassee County Michigan History. Retrieved November 19, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County". The Argus-Press. September 15, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shiawasseetown, Michigan
- ^ SHIAWASSEE County Map. J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information. September 2007.
- ^ "Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County visited". The Argus-Press. October 2, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
- ^ Klein, Donna (August 19, 1982). "'It's only a paper (town)' but site of many 'firsts'". The Argus-Press. p. 11. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 42 Michigan. Archived(PDF) from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county | |
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