Editing Excelsior Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Excelsior Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Excelsior Township (Kalkaska), MI.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = Excelsior Township Hall
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| image_seal               = 
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
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| pushpin_label            = Excelsior Township
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map                = Excelsior 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              = Norman Groner
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Annie Wallace
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1875

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 36.22
| area_land_sq_mi          = 35.33
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.89

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 991
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 27.0

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 355
| elevation_ft             = 1165
| coordinates              = {{coord|44|44|06|N|85|01|20|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49646 ([[Kalkaska, Michigan|Kalkaska]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-26860<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              = 1626260<ref>{{gnis|1626260}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.excelsiortownship.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Excelsior Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Kalkaska County, Michigan|Kalkaska County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 991 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

The township was established in 1875.  Portions of the township are served by the [[Excelsior Township School District 1]], which is one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in the state.<ref name=Kaminski>{{cite web|author=Kaminski, Kyle|url=https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/crawford-one-of-last-one-room-schoolhouses/article_52d3b46b-5537-5a45-8e5e-553e0349698f.html|title=Crawford one of last one-room schoolhouses|work=[[Record-Eagle]]|date=2016-10-09|accessdate=2019-06-26}}</ref>  The current township hall also served as a high school in the past and is listed as a [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites|state historic site]].

==Communities==
* '''[[Manistee Lake, Michigan|Manistee Lake]]''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] with a small portion within the township, while most of the community extends to the north into [[Coldsprings Township, Michigan|Coldsprings Township]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.22|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.33|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.89|sqmi|km2|2}} (2.46%) 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>

Excelsior Township contains several lakes, including Crawford Lake, Grass Lake, [[Lake Five (Michigan)|Lake Five]], Perch Lake, Post Lake, and the southernmost portion of Manistee Lake.  The north branch of the [[Manistee River]] also passes through the township.

[[M-72 (Michigan highway)|M-72]] runs east–west through the center of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 855 people, 328 households, and 245 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|24.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 560 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.60% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.23% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.58% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.35% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 328 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,932, and the median income for a family was $39,844. Males had a median income of $35,288 versus $20,956 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,476.  About 6.8% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 4.6% 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 1875]]
[[Category:1875 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Traverse City metropolitan area]]