Editing Middlebury Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Middlebury Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
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| pushpin_label      = Middlebury Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Middlebury Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee 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  = [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Michael Herendeen
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Rose Brown
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1838

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 24.84
| area_land_sq_mi    = 24.76
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.08

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1529
| 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        = 226
| elevation_ft       = 741
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|59|39|N|84|19|54|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48866 ([[Ovid, Michigan|Ovid]])<br>48867 ([[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-53680<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        = 1626735<ref>{{gnis|1626735}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.middleburytownship.com/|Official website}}
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'''Middlebury Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 1,529.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Middlebury_township,_Shiawassee_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2615553680 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The township is located about {{convert|5|mi|km|1}} west of the city of [[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]].  The village of [[Ovid, Michigan|Ovid]] had a very small portion within Middlebury Township until Ovid incorporated as an autonomous city in 2015.  [[M-21 (Michigan highway)|M-21]] passes east–west through the center of the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|24.84|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|24.76|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.32%) 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=May 1, 2020 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=42 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,491 people, 565 households, and 431 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|60.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 600 housing units at an average density of {{convert|24.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.26% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 565 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 19.3% 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 2.64 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,313, and the median income for a family was $50,595. Males had a median income of $37,989 versus $23,929 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,398.  About 1.4% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Highways==
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|21}}

==References==
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{{Shiawassee County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Shiawassee County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1838]]
[[Category:1838 establishments in Michigan]]