Editing Alaiedon Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Alaiedon Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = The Hill Land for Excellent Living

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| pushpin_label      = Alaiedon Township
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] (red) with an administered portion of the [[Okemos, Michigan|Okemos]] CDP (pink)

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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Steven Lott
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = David Leonard
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1838

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| population_total   = 2910
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| elevation_m        = 277
| elevation_ft       = 909
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48842 ([[Holt, Michigan|Holt]])<br>48854 ([[Mason, Michigan|Mason]])<br>48864 ([[Okemos, Michigan|Okemos]])<br>48895 ([[Williamston, Michigan|Williamston]])<br>48910 ([[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-00800<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| website            = {{URL|https://www.alaiedontwp.com/|Official website}}
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'''Alaiedon Township''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|l|ə|d|ə|n}} {{respell|AL|ə|dən}}) is a [[civil township]] of [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 2,910.<ref name=CENS>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States census]]| access-date = December 26, 2020|page=24 Michigan}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''German''' was an area of the township originally settled by immigrants from Germany.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=221}}
*The city of [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] is to the northwest of the township and also controls a noncontiguous tract of land within the township along [[Interstate 96]] under a conditional land transfer agreement. The [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] of [[Okemos, Michigan|Okemos]], which is largely in [[Meridian Charter Township, Michigan|Meridian Charter Township]], extends into the northern part of the township between Jolly Road and I-96.
*The city of [[Mason, Michigan|Mason]] is to the south and has annexed land that was formerly within the township.
*The [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] of [[Holt, Michigan|Holt]] in [[Delhi Charter Township]].
*[[Michigan State University]] owns land in the northwest corner of the township.

==History==
The land that was to become the township was surveyed by a Musgrove Evans in 1827. James Phillips became the first person to settle in the township in December 1836 at a location known as Alaiedon Center.<ref name=History/> It was also known as German Settlement because most of its early residents were Germans.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=13}} In 1837 the first settlement, Jefferson City, was platted and founded at what is today the Hagadorn and Lamb intersection along Mud Creek. The township was formally organized in 1842, and was named by [[Henry Schoolcraft]], who came up with a pseudo-Native American name he claimed meant "hill land for excellent living."<ref name=History>[http://alaiedontwp.com/history.htm Alaiedon Township website, "History" webpage, accessed April 18, 2010]</ref> At the time of its organization, the township consisted of what is today [[Lansing Charter Township, Michigan|Lansing]], [[Meridian Charter Township|Meridian]], [[Delhi Charter Township|Delhi]] and Alaiedon townships. The aforementioned townships would be spun off in 1842 to give the township the boundaries it has to this day.

The township's settlement pattern changed considerably in 1847, the same year the [[state capital]] was moved to [[Lansing Charter Township|Lansing Township]]. It was found that the town was never formally platted, and thus did not legally exist, preventing the settlement's residents from obtaining deeds to their properties. Subsequently, the town was abandoned and few traces remain of its existence today.<ref name=History/> In 1877, residents constructed a township hall on one-quarter of an acre of [[Ingham County]]'s "poor farm" that served as the township hall until 1959 when a new one was constructed at 2021 West Holt Road.

In 1998,<ref>Minutes of Board of Commissioners' Meeting, Lansing Board of Water and Light, Tuesday, September 22, 1998</ref> 2008,<ref>[http://council.cityoflansingmi.com/AGMN_Files/minutes/Minutes20080124.pdf Official Proceedings of the City Council, Legislative Matters, Resolutions, City of Lansing, January 24, 2008]</ref> and 2013,<ref>Official Proceedings of the City Council, Legislative Matters, Resolutions, City of Lansing, August 5, 2013</ref> the township entered into [[425 Agreement|PA 425 Agreements]], which conditionally transferred hundreds of acres of territory in the north-central part of the township to the city of Lansing to retain and expand the headquarters of [[Jackson National Life|Jackson National Life Insurance]].<ref name="Taxsharing">{{cite news |last1=VanHulle |first1=Lindsay |title=Plan Lands 1,000 Jobs |work=Lansing State Journal |publisher=Gannett Company |date=30 April 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.77|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.60|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.17|sqmi|km2}} (0.48%) is water.<ref name=CENS/>

[[Sycamore Creek (Michigan)|Sycamore Creek]] flows northward through the western part of the township.  The eastern boundary of the township is the [[Michigan meridian]] used in the [[Public Land Survey System|survey]] of Michigan.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,498 people, 1,115 households, and 877 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|98.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,154 housing units at an average density of {{convert|32.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 89.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.63% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.86% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 1.09% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.37% of the population.

There were 1,115 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $64,680, and the median income for a family was $69,261. Males had a median income of $52,500 versus $35,028 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $24,048.  About 1.9% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those aged 65 or over.

The [[2000 United States census|2000 Census]] was erroneously found to have included population in the nearby city of [[Mason, Michigan|Mason]] within the boundaries of the township.  Mason launched a successful census challenge putting the revised population of the township at 3,048 for the [[2000 United States census|2000 Census]].<ref>[http://www.nwmcog.org/data/2000Census/2k-Census-CQR-Revisions.pdf Corrected Census 2000 Total Population, Group Quarters Population, Total Housing Unit, and Vacant Housing Unit Counts for Governmental Units]</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=081431838X |location=Detroit, Michigan |id={{ISBN|978-0814318386}} }}

==External links==
*[http://alaiedontwp.com/ Official website]

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