Editing Leroy Township, Ingham County, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Leroy Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = 
| 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      = Leroy Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Leroy Township (Ingham), MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Webberville, Michigan|Webberville]] (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  = [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Earl Griffes
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Wilma Whitehead
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1840

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 88.60
| area_land_km2      = 88.40
| area_water_km2     = 0.21
| area_total_sq_mi   = 34.21
| area_land_sq_mi    = 34.13
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.08

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3791
| 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        = 271
| elevation_ft       = 889
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|39|39|N|84|11|28|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48892 ([[Webberville, Michigan|Webberville]])<br>48895 ([[Williamston, Michigan|Williamston]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-47080<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        = 1626608<ref>{{gnis|1626608}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.leroytwp.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Leroy Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,791 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Leroy_township,_Ingham_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2606547080 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Leroy Township was established in 1840.<ref>{{cite web|last=Leroy Township|url=http://www.leroytwp.com/about-us/|title=About Us – Leroy Township|date=2021|accessdate=January 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Communities==
*The village of [[Webberville, Michigan|Webberville]] is in the northeast corner of the township, just northeast of the junction of [[M-43 (Michigan highway)|M-43]] and [[M-52 (Michigan highway)|M-52]] with [[Interstate 96|I-96]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|34.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|34.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|sqkm|3}} (0.23%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=January 4, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=25 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,653 people, 1,329 households, and 1,015 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|106.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,409 housing units at an average density of {{convert|41.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.49% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.41% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.07% of the population.

There were 1,329 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 18.5% 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 2.75 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,234, and the median income for a family was $50,417. Males had a median income of $41,924 versus $29,153 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,552.  About 5.8% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Ingham County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Ingham County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1840]]
[[Category:1840 establishments in Michigan]]