Editing Eaton Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Eaton Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
| pushpin_map        = Michigan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| 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  = [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_total_km2     = 88.9
| area_land_km2      = 88.3
| area_water_km2     = 0.5
| area_total_sq_mi   = 34.3
| area_land_sq_mi    = 34.1
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.2
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 4007
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]
| elevation_m        = 266
| elevation_ft       = 873
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|33|1|N|84|39|15|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 48827
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-24560<ref name=GR2>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626212<ref>{{gnis|1626212}}</ref>
| website            = 
}}
'''Eaton Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,007 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 United States census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Eaton_township,_Eaton_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2604524520 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''Five Points Corner''' is a named populated place south of the city of [[Charlotte, Michigan|Charlotte]] at {{Coord|42|30|33|N|84|50|08|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS_scale:30000|name=Five Points Corner, Michigan}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617559|Five Points Corner, Michigan}}</ref> The community is at the junction of four townships, [[Walton Township, Michigan|Walton]] to the southwest, [[Brookfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan|Brookfield]] to the southeast, Eaton to the northeast, and [[Carmel Township, Michigan|Carmel]] to the northwest.
* '''Packard''' is a former community which has been largely absorbed into the northeast portion of Charlotte.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Packard+Hwy,+Charlotte,+MI+48813/@42.5821054,-84.8138158,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8822affc6f582ec1:0x6f6f7c7771574164!8m2!3d42.5821054!4d-84.8116271 ''Eaton County MI''  Google Maps (accessed 30 September 2018)]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|32.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|32.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.06%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[2000 United States census]],<ref name=GR2/> there were 4,278 people, 1,531 households, and 1,249 families in the township. The population density was {{convert|131.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,586 housing units at an average density of {{convert|48.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 96.31% [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 0.23% [[African American (U.S. census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 0.89% [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.03% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 1.10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.57% of the population.

There were 1,531 households, out of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $55,518, and the median income for a family was $57,870. Males had a median income of $45,171 versus $27,093 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $23,379.  About 3.3% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Eaton County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Eaton County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]