Editing Burtchville Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Burtchville Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Burtchville Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]]

<!-- Location -->| 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  = [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]]

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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Mike Appel
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| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1840
| established_title1 = Established
| established_date1  = 1862

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| area_total_km2     = 40.5
| area_land_km2      = 40.4
| area_water_km2     = 0.1
| area_total_sq_mi   = 15.6
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| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
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| population_total   = 4077
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| elevation_m        = 191
| elevation_ft       = 627
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|07|09|N|82|29|58|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code        = 48059
| area_code          = [[Area code 810|810]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-12020<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>
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| blank1_info        = 1626010<ref>{{gnis|1626010}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://burtchville.org/wp/|Official website}}
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'''Burtchville Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]], the township population was 4,077.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Burtchville_township,_St._Clair_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614712020 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Lumberman Jonathon Burtch settled here in 1840. The township was named for him and he became the first supervisor when it was organized in 1862.<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>

== Communities ==
*'''Burtchville''' was a separate village on the Black River. It had a post office from 1846 to 1857 with Hannibal Hollister as the Postmaster. The post office was transferred to Lakeport in 1857.
*'''Evergreen''' was a post office here from 1884 until 1886.<ref>Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 188</ref>
* '''Lakeport''' is an [[unincorporated community]] on the shore of Lake Huron at {{Coord|43|06|54|N|82|29|25|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1624657|Lakeport, Michigan}}</ref> In 1837, Jonas H. Titus [[plat]]ted "Milwaukie City" at the mouth of the stream then named Milwaukie Creek (now spelled as "Milwaukee Creek"). However the plat was not    recorded and nothing came of it until lumberman B.C. Farrand had the village replatted in 1853 and recorded under the name "Lakeport" in August 1858. A post office operated from June 1857 until April 1911.<ref name="Romig"/>  [[Lakeport State Park]] is adjacent to the community on three sides.
* '''North Lakeport''' is an unincorporated community approximately one mile north of Lakeport at {{Coord|43|08|14|N|82|29|49|W|}}<ref>{{gnis|1624789|North Lakeport, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|15.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|15.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.13%) is water.
{{Geographic Location (8-way)
 | Centre = Burtchville Township
 | North = [[Worth Township, Michigan|Worth Township]], [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac County]]
 | Northeast = [[Lake Huron]]
 | East =  [[Lake Huron]]
 | Southeast = [[Lake Huron]]
 | South = [[Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan|Fort Gratiot Township]]
 | Southwest = [[Clyde Township, St. Clair County, Michigan|Clyde Township]]
 | West = [[Grant Township, St. Clair County, Michigan|Grant Township]]
 | Northwest = [[Worth Township, Michigan|Worth Township]], [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac County]]
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}}

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,956 people, 1,616 households, and 1,124 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|253.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,880 housing units at an average density of {{convert|120.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.30% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.30% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.18% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.39% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.79% of the population.

There were 1,616 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,830, and the median income for a family was $50,813. Males had a median income of $39,688 versus $21,667 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $22,782.  About 5.6% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{St. Clair County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in St. Clair County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places on Lake Huron in the United States]]