Editing Klacking Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Klacking Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Klacking Township, Michigan.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Klacking Township Hall
| 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      = Klacking Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Klacking Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Ogemaw County, Michigan|Ogemaw County]]

<!-- 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  = [[Ogemaw County, Michigan|Ogemaw]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Debra Thomas
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Vondola Schmitt
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1875

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 93.11
| area_land_km2      = 92.95
| area_water_km2     = 0.16
| area_total_sq_mi   = 35.95
| area_land_sq_mi    = 35.89
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.06

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 572
| population_density_km2 = 
| 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        = 384
| elevation_ft       = 1260
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|22|34|N|84|11|24|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48654 ([[Rose City, Michigan|Rose City]])<br>48661 ([[West Branch, Michigan|West Branch]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-43640<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        = 1626564<ref>{{gnis|1626564}}</ref>
| website            = 
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Klacking Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ogemaw County, Michigan|Ogemaw County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 572 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Klacking_township,_Ogemaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2612943640 |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''Beaver Lake''' was a former village established in 1872 by George G. Damon as a lumbering village.  A station on the [[Michigan Central Railroad]] was established here in 1873 and a post office in 1875.<ref>{{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 |page=50}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.95|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.89|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|km2|2}} (0.17%) 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|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]]| access-date = November 7, 2020|page=37 Michigan}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 617 people, 244 households, and 183 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|17.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 434 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.70% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.65% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.49% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.59% of the population.

There were 244 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,625, and the median income for a family was $44,063. Males had a median income of $35,694 versus $24,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,238.  About 6.1% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Ogemaw County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Ogemaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1875]]
[[Category:1875 establishments in Michigan]]