Editing Branch Township, Michigan

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

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason]]

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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Michael Shoup
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|leader_name1             = Kimberly Tenney
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|postal_code              = 49402 ([[Sweetwater Township, Michigan|Branch]])<br>49405 ([[Custer, Michigan|Custer]])<br>49410 ([[Fountain, Michigan|Fountain]])<br>49458 (Walhalla)
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'''Branch Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 1,405.<ref name="Census 2020"/> Branch Township was named after [[Branch County, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z8NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C2546788 | title=Focus on our history: How county was named | work=Ludington Daily News | date=October 3, 1987 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=2}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''[[Branch, Michigan|Branch]]''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] on [[U.S. Route 10 in Michigan|US&nbsp;10]] on the boundary between [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason]] and [[Lake County, Michigan|Lake]] counties. The Branch [[ZIP code]] 49402 serves the eastern part of Branch Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49402&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 49402 5-Digit ZCTA, 494 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* '''Tallman''' is an unincorporated community in the north of the township. The community was established in 1879 Horace and Marshall F. Butters. A post office in the community was in operation from 1880 to 1887, from 1888 to 1891, and from 1897 to 1953.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=549}}</ref>
*'''Walhalla''' is a small unincorporated community located on US 10 at {{Coord|43|57|13|N|86|06|53|W|}} between [[Baldwin, Michigan|Baldwin]] and [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]]. Walhalla is slightly more than one mile north of the [[Pere Marquette River]].<ref>{{gnis|1623743|Walhalla}}</ref> Walhalla was the home office to the [[Michigan Womyn's Music Festival]].

==Geography==
The township is in eastern Mason County and is bordered to the east by [[Lake County, Michigan|Lake County]]. [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]], the [[county seat]], is {{convert|17|mi}} to the west by US&nbsp;10.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Branch Township has a total area of {{convert|35.98|sqmi|km2|}}, of which {{convert|35.40|sqmi|km2|2}} are land and {{convert|0.58|sqmi|km2|2}}, or 1.61%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The [[Pere Marquette River]], a tributary of [[Lake Michigan]], flows east to west across the south-central part of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,181 people, 506 households, and 332 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|33.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 921 housing units at an average density of {{convert|26.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.34% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.68% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% 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 506 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the township the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $27,593, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $27,159 versus $20,921 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,659.  About 6.8% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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{{Mason County, Michigan}}

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