Editing Butman Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Butman Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Butman Township, Michigan.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Butman Township Hall
| image_flag         = 
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| pushpin_label      = Butman Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| image_map          = Butman Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Danny Gonzales
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Alayna Alexander
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1883

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 92.31
| area_land_km2      = 90.65
| area_water_km2     = 4.25
| area_total_sq_mi   = 35.64
| area_land_sq_mi    = 34.00
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.64

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2086
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 256
| elevation_ft       = 840
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|7|10|N|84|26|47|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48624 ([[Gladwin, Michigan|Gladwin]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-12180<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        = 1626014<ref>{{gnis|1626014}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://butmantwp.com/index.php|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
[[File:Lake Lancer (Michigan).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lake Lancer]]
'''Butman Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 2,086.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Butman_township,_Gladwin_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2605112180 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Butman Township was organized in 1883.<ref>{{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 |page=90 }}</ref> The township was named after Myron Butman, a businessman in the lumber industry.<ref name="Record">{{cite web | url=https://www.gladwinmi.com/community/genealogy-of-gladwin-area-place-names/article_ea102008-a2e7-11e7-bea3-8f6ce77165fd.html | title=Genealogy of Gladwin area place names | publisher=Gladwin County Record and Beaverton Clarion | access-date=13 March 2018 | author=Smith, Jerry | archive-date=March 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313141610/https://www.gladwinmi.com/community/genealogy-of-gladwin-area-place-names/article_ea102008-a2e7-11e7-bea3-8f6ce77165fd.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''Butman''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township at the junction of Butman and Cemetery county roads at {{Coord|44|08|21|N|84|28|03|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|622373|Butman, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Hockaday''' is an unincorporated community in the township at the junction of Hockaday and Ritchie county roads at {{Coord|44|05|16|N|84|25|38|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|628365|Hockaday, Michigan}}</ref> The community was named after Robert Hockaday, a local merchant.<ref name="Record" />
*'''Sugar Rapids''' is an unincorporated community in the township on the [[Sugar River (Michigan)|Sugar River]] at the junction of Littleton and Ritchie county roads, about one mile east of Hockaday at {{Coord|44|05|17|N|84|24|28|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617878|Sugar Rapids, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.64|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.00|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|1.64|sqmi|km2|2}} (4.60%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=September 11, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=22 Michigan}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|18}} touches the southwest corner of the township at a sharp 90° angle in the highway, but it does not run through township.
*{{jct|state=MI|M|30}} runs south–north and forms most of the eastern boundary of the township.
*{{jct|state=MI|CDH|F-97}}, locally named Round Lake Road, runs south–north and forms most of the western boundary of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,947 people, 853 households, and 690 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|57.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,482 housing units at an average density of {{convert|43.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.87% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.62% of the population.

There were 853 households, out of which 17.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.51.

In the township the population was spread out, with 16.1% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 15.6% from 25 to 44, 37.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,510, and the median income for a family was $40,625. Males had a median income of $41,042 versus $25,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,332.  About 4.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Gladwin County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Gladwin County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1883]]
[[Category:1883 establishments in Michigan]]