Editing Brant Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Brant Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Brant Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] (red) and an administered portion of the village of [[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]] (pink)
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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        = Robert Fowler
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| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1858
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| area_total_km2     = 96.0
| area_land_km2      = 96.0
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 37.1
| area_land_sq_mi    = 37.1
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 1842
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| elevation_m        = 187
| elevation_ft       = 614
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48614 (Brant)<br>48616 ([[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]])<br>48655 ([[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-10100<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>
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'''Brant Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2020 Census]], the township population was 1,842.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Brant_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614510100 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Brant Township was organized in 1858.  Thomas Berry was elected the first supervisor that year.<ref>''History of Saginaw County, Michigan'' (Chicago: Charles C. Chapman & Co, 1881) p. 751</ref>

==Communities==
*'''Brant''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] in the township at the intersection of Brant and Hemlock Roads at {{coord|43|15|33|N|84|13|47|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Brant, 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|621900|Brant, Michigan}}</ref>  The Brant post office, with [[ZIP code]] 48614, opened March 17, 1884,<ref>{{gnis|2558955|Brant Post Office}}</ref> The office serves the western portions of Brant Township as well as most of [[Marion Township, Saginaw County, Michigan|Marion Township]], and small areas of [[Chapin Township, Michigan|Chapin Township]] to the south of Marion and [[Hamilton Township, Gratiot County, Michigan|Hamilton Township]] to the west of Marion in Gratiot County.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48614&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48614 5-Digit ZCTA, 486 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* [[Chesaning Township, Michigan|Chesaning Township]] is to the southeast, and the [[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]] post office, with ZIP code 48616, also serves the southern part of Brant Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48616&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48616 5-Digit ZCTA, 486 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* The village of [[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]] is adjacent to the northeast, and incorporates some land from the township. The St. Charles post office, with ZIP code 48655, also serves northern and eastern Brant Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48655&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48655 5-Digit ZCTA, 486 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|37.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|37.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.03% is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,023 people, 701 households, and 567 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|54.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 734 housing units at an average density of {{convert|19.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.79% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.94% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.88% of the population.

There were 701 households, out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,157, and the median income for a family was $49,438. Males had a median income of $42,167 versus $23,929 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,400.  About 7.0% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Saginaw County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1858 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1858]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]