Editing Burton, Michigan

{{About|the city in Genesee County|the unincorporated community in Shiawassee County|Owosso Township, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Burton, Michigan
| official_name                   = City of Burton
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| map_caption                     = Location within [[Genesee County, Michigan|Genesee County]]
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| government_type                 = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Duane Haskins
| leader_title1                   = [[City council]]
| leader_name1                    = {{collapsible list|bullets=yes
 | title = Members
 | 1= Gregory Fenner (president)
 | 2= Gregory Hull (vice president)
 | 3= Steven Heffner
 | 4= Vaughn Smith
 | 5= Christina Hicksen
 | 6= Candice Miller
 | 7= Gary J Wines
}}
| established_title               = Settled
| established_date                = 1831
| established_title2              = Organized
| established_date2               = 1855 (Burton Township)
| established_title3              = Incorporated
| established_date3               = 1972 (city)
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| population_total                = 29715
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| elevation_m                     = 235
| elevation_ft                    = 771
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code                     = 48439 ([[Grand Blanc, Michigan|Grand Blanc]])<br>48509, 48519, 48529
| area_code                       = [[Area code 810|810]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 26-12060
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| website                         = {{URL|www.burtonmi.gov}}
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'''Burton''' is a city in [[Genesee County, Michigan|Genesee County]] in the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Michigan]] and a suburb of [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. The population was 29,999 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], making Burton the second largest city in Genesee County.

==Neighborhoods==
* '''Belsay''' is on Belsay Road at the rail track north of [[Interstate 69 in Michigan|I-69]] and Court Street and south of Davison Road.{{coord|43|01|35|N|83|35|45|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Belsay|display=inline}}.<ref name="gcm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_GENESEE_COUNTY_125206_7.pdf Genesee County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information.  September 2007.</ref><ref>{{gnis|621075|Belsay, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Lapeer Heights''' is at Belsay Road and Roberta Road and south of Lapeer Road.{{coord|43|00|31|N|83|35|42|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Lapeer Heights|display=inline}}.<ref name="gcm"/><ref>{{gnis|630149|Lapeer Heights, Michigan}}</ref>

==History==
Although there were Native Americans and trappers whom lived on land earlier, and even some who attempted to settle by there,<ref>{{cite book| last =Ellis | first =Franklin| title =History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers| publisher =Everts & Abbott | year =1879 | location =Philadelphia | page =345 | url =http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=bc2e9508b2f4f83b0bb57f56ffd896b4;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=pages;idno=bad0919.0001.001;view=image;seq=507;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; }}</ref><ref name="Wood 1916">{{cite book| last = Wood| first = Edwin O.| title =History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions| publisher = Michigan Historical Commission| year = 1916 | url =http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch5/pio.html}}</ref> many of the original settlers of Burton came from the towns of [[Adams (town), New York|Adams]] and [[Henderson, New York|Henderson]] in [[Jefferson County, New York|Jefferson County]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. 
For 20 years, this area was known as the ''Atherton settlement'', after brothers Shubael and Perus Atherton and nephew Pliny Atherton Skinner (and later joined by another brother, Adonijah), who settled on the Thread Creek in 1835.<ref name="Elis">{{cite book| last =Ellis | first =Franklin | title =History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.| publisher =Everts & Abbott | year =1879 | location =Philadelphia, PA. | page =345 | url =http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=bc2e9508b2f4f83b0bb57f56ffd896b4;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=pages;idno=bad0919.0001.001;view=image;seq=507;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; }}</ref> Atherton descendants still live in Burton in 2014.

===Township===
The City of Burton was organized as '''Burton Township''', in 1855. Burton Township had first been a part of Flint Township. The North part of Burton was part of [[Kearsley Township, Michigan|Kearsley Township]] along with the Southern part of [[Genesee Township, Michigan|Genesee Township]] from 1839 until 1843 when the township was merged back (for school purposes) into [[Flint Township, Michigan|Flint Township]].<ref name="Wood 1916"/><ref name="Elis"/> When the [[Flint, Michigan|City of Flint]] incorporated, Burton Township was separated from Flint Township by the Genesee County Board of Supervisors on October 12, 1855, although the first township meeting did not take place until April 7, 1856, which is sometimes taken as the actual date of organization.<ref name="Elis"/> On December 13, 1861, a post office was opened with Horace L. Donelson as postmaster and only operated until August 6 of the next year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Romig |first1=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |date=1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=9780814318386 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Mungerville&pg=PA90 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Over the years, large portions of the northern and western sides of the township were annexed by the City of Flint for revenues.

===City===
On May 16, 1972, township residents voted to incorporate and the City of Burton was officially formed July 1 of that year.<ref>[http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Michigan/burton_mi/officialcharterofthecityofburtongeneseec/chapter14transitionschedule?f=templates$fn=altmain-nf.htm$3.0 SECTION 14.6.  Effective Date of Charter].  City of Burton 1972 Charter.</ref> Burton began receiving [[Karegnondi Water Authority]] water treated by Genesee County Drain Commission Water and Waste Division on December 15, 2017.<ref name=abc12>{{cite news |title= KWA pipeline, Genesee County Water Treatment Plant hit full operation |url= http://www.abc12.com/content/news/KWA-pipeline-Genesee-County-Water-Treatment-Plant-hit-full-operation-464448583.html |access-date= December 18, 2017 |work= ABC12 |publisher=WJRT |date=December 15, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|23.43|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|23.36|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1363
|1890= 1233
|1900= 1145
|1910= 987
|1920= 2154
|1930= 6727
|1940= 10909
|1950= 18171
|1960= 29700
|1970= 32540
|1980= 29976
|1990= 27617
|2000= 30308
|2010= 29999
|2020= 29715
|footnote=Township until after 1970 census.<br />U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref><br>2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[2020 United States census|census]]<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Census.gov |url=https://www.census.gov/en.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Census.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref> of 2020, there were 29,715 people, 12,275 households, and 7,433 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{Convert|1272.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.8% [[White (US Census)|White]], 8.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 1.3% from [[Other races (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.2% of the population.

There were 12,275 households, of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family was 2.98.

The median age of the city was 42.6. 21.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of  18 and 24; 23.7% were from 25 to 44; 28.7% were from 45 to 64; and 17.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-25}}</ref> of 2010, there were 29,999 people, 11,964 households, and 8,041 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1284.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 13,075 housing units at an average density of {{convert|559.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.1% of the population.

There were 11,964 households, of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 38.6 years. 24% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 28% were from 45 to 64; and 13.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 30,308 people, 11,699 households, and 8,165 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,291.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 12,348 housing units at an average density of {{convert|526.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.09% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.55% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.76% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.74% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.81% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.33% of the population.

There were 11,699 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,050, and the median income for a family was $50,332. Males had a median income of $41,433 versus $27,601 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,548. About 5.5% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Climate==

This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Burton has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=648202&cityname=Burton%2C+Michigan%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Burton, Michigan]</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Sumner Howard]], politician and jurist in [[Michigan]] and [[Arizona]]
* [[Froggy Fresh]], musician 
* [[Nick Khouri]], economic advisor and 46th [[Michigan State Treasurer|Treasurer of Michigan]]
* [[Jill Parr]], [[Contemporary Christian music|contemporary Christian]] musician
* [[Nedra Pickler]], journalist
* [[Dan Skuta]], [[NFL]] linebacker
* [[Paula Zelenko]], politician

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.burtonmi.gov/ City of Burton]
*[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;sid=bc2e9508b2f4f83b0bb57f56ffd896b4;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;op2=and;op3=and;rgn=pages;idno=BAD0919.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000503 A History of Burton] from ''History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers'', Ellis, Franklin, 1828–1885.

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