Editing Albee Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Albee Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Albee Township
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]]
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]]

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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Leon Turnwald
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| established_date   = 1863
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| area_total_km2     = 93.6
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.2
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.1
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| population_total   = 2046
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| elevation_m        = 178
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48417 ([[Burt, Michigan|Burt]])<br>48457 ([[Montrose, Michigan|Montrose]])<br>48655 ([[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-00920<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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'''Albee Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]], the township population was 2,046. Albee Township was established in 1863.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=14}}

==Communities==
*'''Albee''' was settled in 1855.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=14}}
*'''Alicia''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in the township at Bishop and Alicia Roads at {{coord|43|16|15|N|84|01|57|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Alicia, Michigan|display=inline}}.<ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SAGINAW_COUNTY_125303_7.pdf Saginaw County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information.  September 2007.</ref><ref>{{gnis|1617411|Alicia, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from January 26, 1904, until May 31, 1947.<ref>{{gnis|2558586|Alicia Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
*'''Carbon''' had a post office from 1899 until 1903.  In this part of the township there were coal mines.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=97}}
*'''McDonough Corners''', or Mc Donagh, is a location in the township at Fergus and Bishop Roads at {{coord|43|15|22|N|84|01|55|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=McDonough Corners, Michigan|display=inline}}.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|631789|McDonough Corners, Michigan}}</ref> A post office named McDonough operated from August 8, 1892, until June 30, 1903.<ref>{{gnis|2558482|McDonough Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
*'''Luce''' is an unincorporated community in the township at its western border with [[St. Charles Township, Michigan|St. Charles Township]] at Burt and Gasper Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617691|Luce, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from March 31, 1890, until January 15, 1914.<ref>{{gnis|2558484|Luce Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|36.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.14%) is water. [[Misteguay Creek]] flows northward through the township.<ref>[http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed 2015-08-21</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,338 people, 796 households, and 643 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|64.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 863 housing units at an average density of 23.9 per square mile (9.2/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 93.03% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.92% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.51% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.04% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.05% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.99% of the population.

There were 796 households, out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 15.6% 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 2.91 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,000, and the median income for a family was $43,917. Males had a median income of $38,000 versus $22,008 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,415.  About 6.5% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
===Notes===
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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 |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 0-8143-1838-X |location=Detroit, Michigan |id={{ISBN|978-0814318386}} }}

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[[Category:Townships in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
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