Editing Kasson Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kasson Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| image_skyline      = St. Rita-St. Joseph-Maple City.jpg
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| image_caption      = St. Rita's & St. Joseph's Catholic Church in [[Maple City, Michigan|Maple City]]
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| pushpin_label      = Kasson Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau County]]
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| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flag|Michigan}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Leelanau County, Michigan.svg}} [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau]]

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| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1865
| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 93.8
| area_land_km2      = 93.0
| area_water_km2     = 0.8
| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.2
| area_land_sq_mi    = 35.9
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.3

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1647
| population_density_km2 = 16.9
| population_density_sq_mi = 43.9

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| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 278
| elevation_ft       = 912
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|49|44|N|85|52|39|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49621 ([[Cedar, Michigan|Cedar]])<br/>49630 ([[Empire, Michigan|Empire]])<br/>49664 ([[Maple City, Michigan|Maple City]])<br/>49684 ([[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-42320<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
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| named_for          = Kasson Freeman
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'''Kasson Township''' ({{IPAc-en|k|æ|s|ə|n}} {{respell|KASS|ən}}) is a [[civil township]] of [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,647 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. A small portion of the township is included in the [[Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore]].

== History ==
Kasson Township was organized in 1865. It was named for Kasson Freeman, the first [[county surveyor]] of [[Leelanau County, Michigan|Leelanau County]], from 1863 to 1865.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |edition=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=298}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|35.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}} (0.83%) is water.

Kasson Township includes a small shoreline on [[Glen Lake]]. [[Glen Lake Community School]] is located in the northwest of the township.

=== Major highway ===

* {{jct|M|72|state=MI}} is an east–west highway running through the south of the township. The highway can be used to access [[Empire, Michigan|Empire]] (to the west) and [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]] (to the east).

== Communities ==

* [[Maple City, Michigan|'''Maple City''']] is a [[census-designated place]] in the north of Kasson Township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,577 people, 557 households, and 443 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|43.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 665 housing units at an average density of {{convert|18.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.82% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.44% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.20% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.40% of the population.

There were 557 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.9% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,726, and the median income for a family was $45,662. Males had a median income of $32,788 versus $24,038 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,319.  About 3.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/leelanau.html Clarke Historical Library, Central, Michigan University, Bibliography for Leelanau County]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050326090023/http://www.leelanaucounty.com/kasson.asp Kasson Township Website]

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[[Category:Townships in Leelanau County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Traverse City metropolitan area]]