Editing Dorr Township, Michigan

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'''Dorr Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] in the southwest of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 7,922 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600522680| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212143114/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600522680| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dorr township, Allegan County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
This area was long the territory of [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian-language]] tribes, specifically the [[Ojibwe]], [[Odawa]] and [[Potawatomi]].

The first permanent European-American settlers in the township arrived in 1845. The first settler in the community of Dorr came in 1856, and arranged for the town to be platted in 1869. It received a United States post office in 1870.

==Communities==
'''Dorr''' is an [[unincorporated community]] at {{Coord|42|43|31|N|85|43|21|W|}}, near the center of the township, west of [[U.S. Highway 131]] exit 68.<ref>{{gnis|624797|Dorr, Michigan}}</ref> The [[ZIP code]] is 49323. It is in the northeast part of Allegan County, 7 miles (11&nbsp;km) northwest of Wayland and 19 miles (31&nbsp;km) south-southwest of Grand Rapids.

First known as "Dorr Centre", the community is believed to have been named for [[Thomas Wilson Dorr]], a state legislator and leader of the [[Dorr Rebellion]] in [[Rhode Island]] that sought a broader franchise of universal male suffrage in the 1840s.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref>

It has four elementary schools, including two public: Sycamore Elementary, which is part of the [[Hopkins, Michigan|Hopkins school district]], and Dorr Elementary, which is part of [[Wayland, Michigan|Wayland Union Schools]].  The two private schools are Saint Stanislaus Catholic School near Hilliards, and Moline Christian School.

'''Moline''' is an [[unincorporated community]] at {{Coord|42|44|21|N|85|39|50|W|}} just east of [[U.S. Highway 131]].<ref>{{gnis|632554|Moline, Michigan}}</ref> The [[ZIP code]] is 49335. The community lies mostly within Dorr Township but is on the eastern boundary. Some development extends into neighboring [[Leighton Township, Michigan|Leighton Township]]. Moline was first settled by European Americans in 1840. Development was stimulated when the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway]] came through in 1870 and established a station here. It was platted in 1872 by Alfred Chapple.<ref name="Romig" />

'''North Dorr''' is a tiny hamlet at {{Coord|42|46|06|N|85|45|42|W|}} straddling the boundary between Dorr Township in Allegan County and [[Byron Township, Michigan|Byron Township]] in [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent County]].<ref>{{gnis|633563|North Dorr, Michigan}}</ref> It began about 1865 and had its own post office from 1874 to 1905.<ref name="Romig"/>

The city of [[Wayland, Michigan|Wayland]] is at the southeast corner of the township in [[Wayland Township, Michigan|Wayland Township]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|93.7|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|93.6|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 0.07%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1960 = 2313
| 1970 = 3055
| 1980 = 5014
| 1990 = 5453
| 2000 = 6579
| 2010 = 7439
| 2020 = 7922
| footnote = Source: Census Bureau. Census [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MCD1960-1990C_33608_7.pdf 1960-] 2000, 2010. }}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,579 people, 2,100 households, and 1,768 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|182.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,135 housing units at an average density of {{convert|59.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.90% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.94% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.08% of the population.

There were 2,100 households, out of which 47.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.13 and the average family size was 3.43.

In the township the population was spread out, with 33.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $60,446, and the median income for a family was $62,313. Males had a median income of $43,150 versus $26,510 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,756.  About 3.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.

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* [[Owen Bieber]] — former president of the United Auto Workers, was born in North Dorr
* [[Stubby Overmire]] — former professional baseball player, was born in Moline
* [[Bob Senneker]] — former professional stock car racer, was born in Dorr

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.dorrtownship.org/|Dorr Township official website}}
* [http://www.dorrlibrary.michlibrary.org/ Dorr Township Library]

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[[Category:Townships in Allegan County, Michigan]]
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