Editing Buena Vista Charter Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Buena Vista Township, Michigan
|official_name            = Buena Vista Charter Township
|settlement_type          = [[Charter township]]
|nickname                 = 
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] (red) and the administered communities of [[Buena Vista, Michigan|Buena Vista]] and [[Robin Glen-Indiantown, Michigan|Robin Glen–Indiantown]] (pink)

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

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|government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Board–manager]]
|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Christina L. Dillard
|leader_title1            = Superintendent
|leader_name1             = Torrie McAfee
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1849

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|area_total_km2           = 93.8
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 36.2
|area_land_sq_mi          = 36.0
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|population_total         = 7664
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|coordinates              = {{coord|43|25|56|N|83|52|59|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48601 ([[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]])<br>48708 ([[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-11560<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              = 1626000<ref name=GNIS>{{Cite gnis|1626000|Charter Township of Buena Vista}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.bvct.org/|Official website}}
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'''Buena Vista Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 7,664.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buena Vista Charter Township, Saginaw County, Michigan|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Buena_Vista_charter_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=0600000US2614511560|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

==History==
This area was known to the Ojibwe as '''Tik-wak-baw-hawning'''.<ref>''History of Saginaw County, Michigan'' (Chicago: Charles C. Chapman & Co., 1881) p. 772</ref>

On July 30, 2013, the [[Saginaw Intermediate School District]] Board of Trustees officially dissolved [[Buena Vista School District (Michigan)|Buena Vista School District]] with its area split up between three other districts: [[Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District]] (135 students), [[Saginaw City School District]] (260) or [[Frankenmuth School District]].<ref>Burns, Candace. (July 31, 2013)  [http://www.abc12.com/story/22966432/sisd-officially-dissolves-buena-vista-schools SISD officially dissolves Buena Vista schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818143459/http://www.abc12.com/story/22966432/sisd-officially-dissolves-buena-vista-schools |date=2014-08-18 }}. ABC12. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref>

==Communities==
*[[Buena Vista, Michigan|Buena Vista]] is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) and [[unincorporated community]] in the township.<ref>{{gnis|1867313|Buena Vista, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Crow Island''' is an unincorporated community in the township on Crow Island Road between [[M-13 (Michigan highway)|M-13]] and Hack Road.<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|1617508|Crow Island, Michigan}}</ref> A post office opened February 6, 1882, and closed March 13, 1883. The office was reestablished May 3, 1883, until closing on March 15, 1895.<ref>{{gnis|2558578|Crow Island Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
*'''Fifield''' was a settlement with a railroad station on the Pere Marquette Railroad.  It was centered around a sawmill and had a post office from 1898 until 1900.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=196}}
*[[Robin Glen-Indiantown, Michigan|Robin Glen-Indiantown]] is a census-designated place (CDP) in the township containing the unincorporated community of Indiantown.<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|629028|Indiantown, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|36.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} (0.63%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 2000=10318
| 2010=8676
| 2020=7664
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Buena Vista Charter Township, Michigan – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Buena Vista Charter Township, Saginaw County, Michigan |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0600000US2614511560&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Buena Vista Charter Township, Saginaw County, Michigan |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0600000US2614511560&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,407
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,180
|27.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,206
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,440
|60.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57.93%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38
|0.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.50%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.37%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|195
|style='background: #ffffe6; |304
|2.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.97%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|803
|style='background: #ffffe6; |661
|9.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.62%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''8,676'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''7,664'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 10,318 people, 3,870 households, and 2,743 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|286.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,211 housing units at an average density of {{convert|117.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 37.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 55.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.30% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.11% of the population.

There were 3,870 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $30,339, and the median income for a family was $32,851. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $22,775 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,636.  About 19.7% of families and 20.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.6% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The township is governed under a modified [[Council–manager government]] where the township manager only takes over most of the duties of the supervisor.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 0-8143-1838-X |location=Detroit, Michigan |id={{ISBN|978-0814318386}} }}

==External links==
*[http://www.bvct.org/ Charter Township of Buena Vista]

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