Editing Cohoctah Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Cohoctah Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
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| image_skyline      = Cohoctah Township hall (Michigan).jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Cohoctah Township Hall
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| pushpin_label      = Cohoctah Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Michigan##Location in the United States
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| image_map          = Cohoctah Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston 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  = [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Mark Fosdick
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Barb Fear
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1833
| established_title1 = Organized
| established_date1  = 1838 (Tuscola Township)<br>1857 (Bristol Township)<br>1867 (Cohoctah Township)

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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 99.4
| area_land_km2      = 98.2
| area_water_km2     = 1.2
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 
| area_water_sq_mi   = <!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3246
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| population_metro   = <!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 270
| elevation_ft       = 886
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|43|58|N|83|58|35|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 48418 ([[Byron, Michigan|Byron]])<br>48816 (Cohoctah)<br>48836 ([[Fowlerville, Michigan|Fowlerville]])<br>48855 ([[Howell, Michigan|Howell]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-16920<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        = 1623162<ref>{{gnis|1623162}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|cohoctahtownship.org}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
[[File:Cohoctah, Michigan (July 2023).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Unincorporated community of Cohoctah]]
[[File:Cohoctah, MI post office.jpg|thumb|right|250px|U.S. Post Office in Cohoctah]]

'''Cohoctah Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,246 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Cohoctah_township,_Livingston_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2609316920 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> It is located in the northwest quadrant of the county, bordered by [[Conway Township, Michigan|Conway Township]] to the west, [[Deerfield Township, Livingston County, Michigan|Deerfield Township]] to the east, and [[Howell Township, Michigan|Howell Township]] to the south. To the north is [[Shiawassee County]].

==History==
Cohoctah Township was first organized in 1838 with the name of '''Tuscola Township'''. It was renamed '''Bristol Township''' in 1857 and given its current name in 1867.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=124}} Boutell Cemetery and Sanford Cemetery are located in the township.<ref>[https://www.cohoctahtownship.org/cemetery Cohoctah Township: Cemeteries], accessed 31 December 2020.</ref>

==Communities==
Farming is the primary use of land, with only three small towns serving as population centers: 
* '''Cohoctah''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the northeast quadrant of the township at the junction of Oak Grove Road and Cohoctah Road.<ref>{{gnis|623544|Cohoctah, Michigan}}</ref> It started around a grain elevator in 1886 that is no longer in operation.<ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 123</ref>
* '''Cohoctah Center''' is an unincorporated community, northwest of the center of Cohoctah Township.<ref>{{gnis|1623164|Cohoctah Center, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Oak Grove''' is an unincorporated community about {{convert|6.5|mi}} north of [[Howell, Michigan|Howell]] and about {{convert|4.25|mi}} south of Cohoctah, in the eastern part of Cohoctah Township.<ref>{{gnis|633813|Oak Grove, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|99.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|98.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|11.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 1.18%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_26.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Michigan| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> The township is drained to the north by the South Branch of the [[Shiawassee River]], running near the eastern border of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,394 people, 1,124 households, and 938 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|89.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,206 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.91% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.47% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.82% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 1,124 households, out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $57,500, and the median income for a family was $63,182. Males had a median income of $51,028 versus $27,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,582.  About 1.9% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Robert E. Miles]] (1925-1992), white supremacist theologist
*[[Aiden Zhane]] (born 1990), drag queen

==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==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071009135536/http://www.co.livingston.mi.us/municipalities/cohoctah.htm Municipal Webpage]

{{Livingston County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Livingston County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1838 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]