Editing Kochville Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kochville Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
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| pushpin_label      = Kochville Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Kochville Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]]
| 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  = [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Alan Malesky
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Kevin Machata
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1856
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 48.69
| area_land_km2      = 48.10
| area_water_km2     = 0.59
| area_total_sq_mi   = 18.80
| area_land_sq_mi    = 18.57
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.23

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 4911
| 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        = 184
| elevation_ft       = 604
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|30|08|N|83|58|10|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48604 ([[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-43800<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        = 1626565<ref>{{gnis|1626565}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.kochvilletwp.com/|Official website}}
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'''Kochville Township''' is a [[civil township|general law township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,911 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Kochville_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614543800 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>  It is the home of [[Saginaw Valley State University]].

==Communities==
*'''Kochville''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the Township at Liberty and Michigan Roads.<ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SAGINAW_COUNTY_125303_7.pdf Saginaw County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information.  September 2007.</ref><ref>{{gnis|629837|Kochville, Michigan}}</ref> German-born Frederick Charles Koch settled here in 1849, and the township was named for him when organized in 1856. On May 15, 1890, the settlement was given a post office named "Phillips", after its first postmaster, David Phillips. The office was renamed Kochville on May 23, 1892, and continued until closing on January 31, 1901.<ref>{{gnis|2558490|Kochville Post Office (historical)}}</ref><ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref>
* [[Lawndale, Saginaw County, Michigan|Lawndale]] is an unincorporated community on the boundary between Kochville Township and [[Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan|Saginaw Township]].<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617675|Lawndale, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|18.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,241 people, 950 households, and 612 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|172.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 990 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 88.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.39% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.42% of the population.

There were 950 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 25.5% 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 2.48 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the township the population was spread out, with 15.9% under the age of 18, 36.3% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,545, and the median income for a family was $53,333. Males had a median income of $40,518 versus $20,859 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,312.  About 8.3% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kochvilletwp.org/ Kochville Township Government]

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[[Category:Townships in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:1856 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1856]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]