Editing Boardman Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Boardman Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Boardman Township (Kalkaska), MI.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = Boardman Township Hall
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position   = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label            = Boardman Township
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| image_map                = Boardman Township, MI location.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] (red) and the administered community of [[South Boardman, Michigan|S. Boardman]] (pink)

<!-- 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        = [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Supervisor
| leader_name              = Gerald Gaultier
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Tonya Hart
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 36.23
| area_land_sq_mi          = 36.05
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.18

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 1479
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 42.4

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 308
| elevation_ft             = 1010
| coordinates              = {{coord|44|38|44|N|85|16|41|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49633 ([[Fife Lake, Michigan|Fife Lake]])<br>49680 ([[South Boardman, Michigan|South Boardman]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-09440<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              = 1625958<ref>{{gnis|1625958}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://boardmantownshipmi.net/|Official website}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Boardman Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 1,479.

== Communities ==
* '''Crofton''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] approximately {{convert|3|mi}} northeast of South Boardman along [[U.S. Route 131|US 131]] at {{Coord|44|40|24|N|85|14|12|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617507|Crofton, Michigan}}</ref> It was founded and platted by Peter Duthie, David E. and Anna Meek, and John S. and Sarah Harper. They named it for E. Crofton Fox, from whom they had bought the land. A post office operated from October 1875 to November 1884 and again from March 1886 until January 1909. It was a station on the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad]].<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref>
* '''Houseman''' is an unincorporated community at {{Coord|44|36|47|N|85|18|30|W||name=Houseman, Michigan}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1617629 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref>
* '''[[South Boardman, Michigan|South Boardman]]''' is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] near the center of the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.23|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|36.05|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.50%) 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 = September 10, 2020|page=27 Michigan}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 131|US Highway 131]] runs diagonally northeast–southwest through the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,373 people, 484 households, and 378 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|38.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 630 housing units at an average density of {{convert|17.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.02% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.87% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.66% of the population.

There were 484 households, out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,850, and the median income for a family was $37,115. Males had a median income of $30,438 versus $19,118 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,123. About 9.3% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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{{Kalkaska County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Kalkaska County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Traverse City metropolitan area]]