Editing Brighton Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Brighton Township, Michigan
|official_name            = Charter Township of Brighton
|settlement_type          = [[Charter township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Brighton Township Hall on Buno Road
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]]

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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]]

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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Patrick Michel
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Joseph Riker
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1838

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|area_total_km2           = 89.6
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 19144
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 48114, 48116 ([[Brighton, Michigan|Brighton]])<br />48380 ([[Milford, Michigan|Milford]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 810|810]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-10640<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1625982<ref>{{gnis|1625982}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.brightontwp.com}}
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'''Brighton Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 19,144.<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2609310640| title=Geography Profile, Brighton township, Livingston County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> The township is bordered on the southwest by the city of [[Brighton, Michigan|Brighton]], but the two are administered autonomously.

== Communities ==
* The city of [[Brighton, Michigan|Brighton]] is located adjacent to the township, but is administratively autonomous.
* '''Pleasant Valley''' was a rural post office in the southeast of the township. Elijah Marsh was the first postmaster of the office, which operated from July 24, 1837, until July 29, 1852.<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> Marsh was succeeded by Peter Delamater and then by Melzer Bird.<ref>{{cite book |last=Franklin |first=Ellis |title=History of Livingston County, Michigan |orig-year=1880 |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/bad0972.0001.001 |access-date=2009-02-06 |year=2005 |publisher=University of Michigan Library |location=Ann Arbor, Mich. |page=220|chapter=Brighton Township |chapter-url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;rgn=full%20text;idno=BAD0972.0001.001;didno=BAD0972.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000246 }}</ref>

==Geography==
The township is in the southeastern part of Livingston County and is bordered to the east by [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]]. The [[Interstate 96]] and [[U.S. Route 23]] cross in the southwest part of the township. I-96 serves the township via exits 147, 150, and 151, while US 23 has access within the township only via I-96. I-96 leads east {{convert|43|mi}} to [[Detroit]] and west {{convert|47|mi}} to [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]], while US 23 leads north {{convert|36|mi}} to [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] and south {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Brighton Township has a total area of {{convert|89.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|85.4|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|4.2|km2|order=flip}}, or 4.69%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_26.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Michigan| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> Streams in the township flow west and southwest and are part of the [[Huron River (Michigan)|Huron River]] watershed leading to [[Lake Erie]].

General Motors' [[General Motors Proving Grounds#Milford Proving Ground|Milford Proving Ground]] is in the northeast part of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 17,673 people, 5,950 households, and 5,015 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|533.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,177 housing units at an average density of {{convert|186.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.29% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.43% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.29% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.83% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.81% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.22% of the population.  More than 70% of the residents claim [[Polish people|Polish]], [[Irish people|Irish]], [[English people|English]] or [[Germans|German]] ancestry.  Another 15% claim [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry.

There were 5,950 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.7% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.25. The median Brighton Township home was worth $255,100 and over 66% of the homes are assessed between $200,000 to $500,000. About 17.6% of the population have no mortgage nor rent payment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2610620&_street=&_county=brighton&_cityTown=brighton&_state=04000US26&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211180221/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2610620&_geoContext=01000US |archive-date=2020-02-11|access-date=2023-08-04|title=American Fact Finder , Community Facts}}</ref> and 60% of local residents spend less than 25% of household income on housing and housing-related expenses.

In the township, the population distribution was spaced with 30.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older with the median age at 38 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township for 2010 was $93,327, and the median income for a family was $99,680.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_S1901&prodType=table_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=brighton+township&_cityTown=brighton+township&_state=04000US26&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010|title=United States Census|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-date=2020-02-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210048/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_S1901&prodType=table_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=brighton+township&_cityTown=brighton+township&_state=04000US26&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Males had a median income of $64,775 versus $33,328 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $38,151. About 1.8% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Most students in Brighton Township attend the [[Brighton Area Schools]] and Hartland Consolidated Schools.  Also, due to the high numbers of Catholics in Brighton Township, many students attend St. Patrick's Catholic school. "St. Pat's" is a traditional Catholic school that maintains religious elements in the curriculum. There is also Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sotlschool.com/index.cfm?id=9054|title=Home|website=Shepherd of the Lakes School}}</ref> and Cornerstone Christian School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cornerstoneforlife.com/ccs |title=Archived Document |access-date=2008-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820155449/http://www.cornerstoneforlife.com/ccs |archive-date=2008-08-20 }}</ref> which are Christian schools.  The Brighton area also has Charyl Stockwell Academy, CSA (primary) and Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy, CSPA (middle and high school) organized under the multischool Stockwell District run by Dr. Chuck Stockwell.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.brightontwp.com/ Charter Township of Brighton official website]

{{Livingston County, Michigan}}

[[Category:Townships in Livingston County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]