Editing Hume Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Hume Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Port Crescent Sand Dune walkway.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Lakefront along [[Port Crescent State Park]]
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Hume Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Hume Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Huron County, Michigan|Huron 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  = [[Huron County, Michigan|Huron]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Jim Roland
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1859

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 77.8
| area_land_km2      = 77.7
| area_water_km2     = 0.1
| area_total_sq_mi   = 30.0
| area_land_sq_mi    = 30.0
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 739
| 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        = 185
| elevation_ft       = 607
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|58|23|N|83|04|34|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48445, 48467
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-39960<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        = 1626504<ref>{{gnis|1626504}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.humetownship.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Hume Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Huron County, Michigan|Huron County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 739.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Hume_township,_Huron_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2606339960 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
*The village of [[Kinde, Michigan|Kinde]] is at the southeast corner of the township, though none of it is within the township.
*'''Port Crescent''' is a ghost town at the mouth of the [[Pinnebog River]] on [[Lake Huron]]<ref>{{gnis|1617800|Port Crescent, Michigan}}</ref> and is now part of [[Port Crescent State Park]].
*'''Pinnebog''' is a tiny [[unincorporated community]] in the southwest of the township, on the boundary with [[Meade Township, Huron County, Michigan|Meade Township]] at Kinde and Pinnebog roads {{Coord|43|56|07|N|83|06|14|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|635021|Pinnebog, Michigan}} [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=43.9352921&p_longi=-83.1038393&fid=635021 GNIS in Google Map]</ref>

==History==
The township is named after the first white settler in the area, Walter Hume, who arrived and built the first house in the 1850s.  He also opened a hotel at the mouth of the [[Pinnebog River]], which was probably the first such structure in this part of the county. Township government was organized in 1860, with the election being held at Hume's store and with Hume being elected the first supervisor.  The land was once covered by stands of pine trees, which were long ago cleared and sent to saw mills at Port Crescent on the mouth of the Pinnebog River. The [[Port Huron Fire of 1871]] and [[Thumb Fire]] of 1881 also destroyed much remaining timber land.<ref>[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=pinnebog;rgn=full%20text;idno=bad0931.0001.001;didno=BAD0931.0001.001;view=image;seq=51;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset ''Pioneer history of Huron County, Michigan'']. Gwinn, Florence McKinnon. Huron County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1922. pp. 37+</ref><ref>[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=pinnebog;rgn=full%20text;idno=bad0932.0001.001;didno=BAD0932.0001.001;view=image;seq=443;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset; ''Portrait and biographical album of Huron county ...'']. Chicago : Chapman brothers, 1884. pp. 441+</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|30.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|30.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.10%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 801 people, 369 households, and 232 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|26.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 853 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 99.50% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.12% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.62% of the population.

There were 369 households, out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,047, and the median income for a family was $42,361. Males had a median income of $31,029 versus $19,886 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,810.  About 6.2% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Huron County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Huron County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places on Lake Huron in the United States]]