Editing Chesaning Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Chesaning Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_label      = Chesaning Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Chesaning Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]] (pink)
| 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  = [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Robert Corrin
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Frances Kukulis
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1847
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 89.8
| area_land_km2      = 89.8
| area_water_km2     = 0.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 34.7
| area_land_sq_mi    = 34.7
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 4748
| population_density_km2 = auto
| 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        = 194
| elevation_ft       = 636
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|10|54|N|84|06|47|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48616 ([[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]])<br>48649 ([[Oakley, Michigan|Oakley]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-15160<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626069<ref>{{gnis|1626069}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.chesaningtwp.org/|Official website}}
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'''Chesaning Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,748 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Chesaning_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614515160 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The township was organized in 1847.

==Communities==
* The village of [[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]] is located within the township.<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|623168|Chesaning, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Parshallburg''' is an [[unincorporated community]] within the township at Ditch and Niver Roads.<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|634430|Parshallburg, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|34.7|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,861 people, 1,905 households, and 1,377 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|140.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,992 housing units at an average density of {{convert|57.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.25% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.76% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.24% of the population.

There were 1,905 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,254, and the median income for a family was $50,233. Males had a median income of $38,854 versus $24,309 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,839.  About 4.6% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

==External links==
*[http://www.chesaning.com/ Chesaning Area Web Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070420000149/http://www.tricountycitizen.com/ The Tri-County Citizen]
*[http://www.chesaningschools.net/ Chesaning Union Schools]
*[http://www.chesaningchamber.org/ Chesaning Chamber]
*[http://www.chesaningshowboat.org/ Chesaning Showboat]
*[http://www.riverrapidslibrary.org/ River Rapids District Library, formerly Chesaning Public Library]

==References==
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{{Saginaw County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1847 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]