Editing Escanaba Township, Michigan

{{redirect|Chandler, Michigan|other places in Michigan with similar names|Chandler Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan|and|Chandler Township, Huron County, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Escanaba Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_label      = Escanaba Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Escanaba Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta 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  = [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Tom Rymkos
| leader_title1      = Treasurer
| leader_name1       = Kim Knauf-Wyckoff
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| established_date   = 
| leader_title2      = Clerk
| leader_name2       = Theresa Chenier

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 156.2
| area_land_km2      = 154.3
| area_water_km2     = 1.9
| area_total_sq_mi   = 60.3
| area_land_sq_mi    = 59.6
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.7

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3496
| population_density_km2 = auto
| 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        = 236
| elevation_ft       = 774
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|50|00|N|87|07|08|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 49818, 49829, 49837
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-26380<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        = 1626248<ref>{{gnis|1626248}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.escanabatownship.org/|Official website}}
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'''Escanaba Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Delta County, Michigan|Delta County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The population was 3,496 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], down from 3,482 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Escanaba_township,_Delta_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2604126380 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The [[Escanaba, Michigan|City of Escanaba]] is south of the township but is administratively autonomous. Both are named for the [[Escanaba River]].

== Communities ==
* '''Chandler''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township at {{coord|45|52|12|N|87|09|21|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Chandler, Michigan}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617482|Chandler, Michigan}}</ref>  It was founded in 1898.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=109}}
* '''West Gladstone''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite book |title=Land Atlas and Plat Book, Delta County, Michigan 2004-2005 |year=2004–2005 |publisher=Rockford Map Publishers, Inc. |location=Rockford, Illinois|pages=21  }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|60.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|59.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}} (1.24%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,587 people, 1,290 households, and 1,038 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|60.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,398 housing units at an average density of {{convert|23.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.45% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.42% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.09% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.20% of the population.

There were 1,290 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% 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 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $44,730, and the median income for a family was $48,839. Males had a median income of $41,227 versus $22,952 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,454.  About 3.5% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

==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 = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}

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