Editing Billings Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Billings Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Billings Township, Michigan.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Billings Township Hall and Fire Department
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| pushpin_label      = Billings Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| image_map          = Billings Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Tim Mester
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Linda McSweyn
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| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 60.06
| area_land_km2      = 55.84
| area_water_km2     = 4.22
| area_total_sq_mi   = 23.19
| area_land_sq_mi    = 21.56
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.63

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2318
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 210
| elevation_ft       = 689
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|52|18|N|84|19|26|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48612 ([[Beaverton, Michigan|Beaverton]])<br>48628 ([[Hope Township, Midland County, Michigan|Hope]])<br>48652 ([[Hope Township, Midland County, Michigan|Rhodes]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-08360<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1625936<ref>{{gnis|1625936}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://billingstownship.org|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Billings Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 2,318.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Billings_township,_Gladwin_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2605108360 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''Albright Shores''' (also spelled '''All Bright Shores''') is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in the township situated at a bridge across the [[Tittabawassee River]] at {{Coord|43|52|18|N|84|19|36|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|619959|All Bright Shores, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Billings''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{Coord|43|50|59|N|84|20|50|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617445|Billings, Michigan}}</ref>  It was settled in 1875.<ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 62</ref>
*'''Lockwood Beach''' is an unincorporated community in the township on the west bank of the Tittabawassee River at {{Coord|43|50|34|N|84|20|08|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|630858|Lockwood Beach, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|23.19|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|21.56|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|1.63|sqmi|km2|2}} (7.01%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=September 11, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=22 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

The [[Tittabawassee River]] flows south directly through the center of the township, and [[Wixom Lake]] occupied the southwestern corner of the township until the [[Edenville Dam]] failed in May 2020 and drained the reservoir.<ref>{{GNIS|1616673|name=Wixom Lake}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Residents told to evacuate after Edenville Dam failure in Gladwin County|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2020/05/residents-told-to-evacuate-after-edenville-dam-failure.html|last=Acosta|first=Roberto|date=May 19, 2020|publisher=[[MLive]]|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|30}} runs south–north and forms most of the western boundary of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,715 people, 1,172 households, and 791 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|125.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,148 housing units at an average density of {{convert|98.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.02% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.74% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.55% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.47% of the population.

There were 1,172 households, out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the township the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 31.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,677, and the median income for a family was $37,292. Males had a median income of $35,817 versus $26,458 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,999.  About 10.5% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://billingstownship.org Billings Township official website]

{{Gladwin County, Michigan}}

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