Editing Duplain Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Duplain Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Duplain Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| image_map          = Duplain Township, MI location.png
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton County]] (red) and the administrated village of [[Elsie, Michigan|Elsie]] (pink)

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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Bruce Levey
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Sandra Frink
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1840

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 91.71
| area_land_km2      = 90.96
| area_water_km2     = 0.75
| area_total_sq_mi   = 35.41
| area_land_sq_mi    = 35.12
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.29

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2303
| 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        = 216
| elevation_ft       = 709
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|04|52|N|84|25|18|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48831 ([[Elsie, Michigan|Elsie]])<br>48866 ([[Ovid, Michigan|Ovid]])<br>48879 ([[St. Johns, Michigan|St. Johns]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]] and [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-23460<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        = 1626197<ref>{{gnis|1626197}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.duplaintwp.com/|Official website}}
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'''Duplain Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,303 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Duplain_township,_Clinton_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2603723460 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* The village of [[Elsie, Michigan|Elsie]] is located within the township.
*'''Craven's Mills''' was platted as a village in 1845 at the time the three Craven brothers built a mill here. It was abandoned and the various stores moved to Elsie in 1857.<ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 138</ref>  
* '''Duplain''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township at {{Coord|43|02|48|N|84|27|09|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Duplain}}<ref>{{gnis|625013|Duplain, Michigan}}</ref> on the [[Maple River (Grand River)|Maple River]], which was previously known by its French name, ''Rivière du Plain''. The township was first known as ''Sena'' when set off in 1840, but became Du Plain when organized in 1841. The community was first settled by a group from [[Rochester, New York]], and became known as the ''Rochester Colony''. It was [[plat]]ted with the name ''Mapleton'' by Edward R. Everest in 1837, and a post office with that name was established on January 29, 1844. The post office was renamed Duplain on December 12, 1844, and operated until March 14, 1903.<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>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.41|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|35.12|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.82%) 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=January 28, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=19 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

Duplain Township is located in the northeast corner of Clinton County and is bordered on the east by [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] and on the north by [[Gratiot County, Michigan|Gratiot County]].

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,329 people, 866 households, and 637 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|66.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 900 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.07% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.94% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.15% of the population.

There were 866 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $39,968, and the median income for a family was $46,215. Males had a median income of $35,799 versus $23,672 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,888.  About 4.8% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.duplaintwp.com/ Official website of Duplain Township]
*[http://elsie.org/ Village of Elsie]

{{Clinton County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Clinton County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1840 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1840]]