Editing Coldsprings Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Coldsprings Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Coldsprings Township (Kalkaska), MI.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = Coldsprings Township Hall
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| pushpin_label            = Coldsprings Township
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map                = Coldsprings Township, MI location.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] (red) and a portion of the administered community of [[Manistee Lake, Michigan|Manistee Lake]] (pink)

<!-- 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        = [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Supervisor
| leader_name              = Rick Delaney
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Danielle Stein-Seabolt
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1873

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 36.27
| area_land_sq_mi          = 34.51
| area_water_sq_mi         = 1.76

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 1551
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 42.4

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 388
| elevation_ft             = 1273
| coordinates              = {{coord|44|48|31|N|85|01|13|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49646 ([[Kalkaska, Michigan|Kalkaska]])<br>49659 ([[Mancelona, Michigan|Mancelona]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-17000<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              = 1626106<ref>{{gnis|1626106}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.coldspringstownshipmi.gov/|Official website}}
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Coldsprings Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,551 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

The name "Coldsprings" derives from the natural underground springs located throughout the township.

==Communities==
* '''Darragh''' was a rural postoffice in this township starting in 1902.<ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 146</ref>
* '''[[Manistee Lake, Michigan|Manistee Lake]]''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] within the township, while a small portion extends to the south into [[Excelsior Township, Michigan|Excelsior Township]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.27|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|34.51|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|1.76|sqmi|km2|2}} (4.85%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States Census]]| accessdate = September 10, 2020|page=27 Michigan}}</ref>

The majority of [[Manistee Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Manistee Lake]] is within the southern portion of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,449 people, 595 households, and 443 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|42.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,349 housing units at an average density of {{convert|39.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 99.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.00% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.21% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.00% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.00% of the population.

There were 595 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% 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 2.78.

In the township the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,839, and the median income for a family was $40,132. Males had a median income of $33,313 versus $19,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,396.  About 6.5% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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{{Kalkaska County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Kalkaska County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1873]]
[[Category:1873 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Traverse City metropolitan area]]