Editing Algansee Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Algansee Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Branch County, Michigan|Branch County]]

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
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|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=[[Michigan Townships Association]]|url=https://michigantownships.org/find-a-township/?fips=01120|title=Algansee Township, Branch County, Michigan|date=2023|accessdate=July 8, 2023}}</ref>
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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Russ Jennings
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Anne Grey
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|established_date         = 1838

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=C2020>{{cite web|last=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Algansee_township,_Branch_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2602301120|title=Algansee Township, Branch County, Michigan|accessdate=July 4, 2023}}</ref>
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|coordinates              = {{coord|41|51|57|N|84|53|53|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 49036 ([[Coldwater, Michigan|Coldwater]])<br>49082 ([[Quincy, Michigan|Quincy]])<br>49255 ([[California, Michigan|California]])<br>49274 ([[Reading, Michigan|Reading]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 517|517]]
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|website                  = {{URL|https://alganseetownship.com/|Official website}}
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'''Algansee Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Branch County, Michigan|Branch County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,033 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=C2020/>

==Communities==
* '''Alagansee''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|41|49|57|N|84|52|51|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|619940|Algansee, Michigan}}</ref>  The community recorded its first land purchase by [[Monroe County, New York]] native Jedehiah Jessup on September 12, 1835.  The first permanent settlers would be Luther Stiles and Ludovico Robbins in the winter of 1836–1837, and Jessup built a sawmill.  A post office opened here on July 19, 1845, and operated until January 14, 1905.<ref>{{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-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=16}}</ref>

==History==
Algansee Township was created by state legislation on April 2, 1838.  It was created from the southern section of [[Quincy Township, Branch County, Michigan|Quincy Township]] and included the land area extending south to the [[Indiana]] state line.  While the early residents wanted the name of the new township to be named Carlton, it was unexplainably named Alagansee when the township was formally established.  The origin of both names is unknown, as the earliest township records have been lost.<ref>{{cite web|last=Algansee Township|url=https://alganseetownship.com/algansee-history/|title=Algansee Township History|date=2023|accessdate=July 2, 2023}}</ref>

Algansee Township assumed its current boundaries on March 25, 1846 when [[California Township, Michigan|California Township]] was set off from the southern section of the township.<ref>Collin, Henry Park. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad0861.0001.001;q1=algansee;frm=frameset;view=image;seq=124;page=root;size=s ''A twentieth century history and biographical record of Branch County, Michigan''] New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906. pp. 87-90</ref><ref>Johnson, Crisfield. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty&cc=micounty&idno=bad0864.0001.001&q1=algansee&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=301 ''History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'']. Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1879. pp. 239</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|35.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (1.55%) is water.<ref>{{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|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]]| accessdate = July 6, 2023|page=17 Michigan}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,061 people, 746 households, and 561 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|58.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 970 housing units at an average density of {{convert|27.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 98.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.63% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.92% of the population.

There were 746 households, out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% 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 3.12.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,794, and the median income for a family was $44,130. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $22,051 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,299. About 4.8% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Raymond Culver]], educator and fourth president of [[Shimer Great Books School|Shimer College]], born in Algansee Township

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://alganseetownship.com Algansee Township official website]

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Branch County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1838]]
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