Editing Mussey Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Mussey Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Mussey Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Mussey Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Capac, Michigan|Capac]] (pink)

<!-- 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  = [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]]

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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Mark Lauwers
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| area_total_km2     = 93.2
| area_land_km2      = 93.2
| area_water_km2     = 0.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.0
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.0
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]]
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| population_total   = 4234
| 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        = 252
| elevation_ft       = 827
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|00|48|N|82|55|41|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48014
| area_code          = [[Area code 810|810]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-56380<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        = 1626786<ref>{{gnis|1626786}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.musseytownship.org/|Official website}}
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'''Mussey Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,234 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mussey_township,_St._Clair_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614756380 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The village of [[Capac, Michigan|Capac]] is located within the township.

When the township was organized in 1855, it was named for [[Dexter Mussey]], a member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] from [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]]<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> and later Speaker of the House.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#0LN1BWQOV DExter Mussey], The Political Graveyard</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 36.0&nbsp;square miles (93.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,740 people, 1,284 households, and 1,005 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|104.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,346 housing units at an average density of {{convert|37.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 93.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.66% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.28% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.81% of the population.

There were 1,284 households, out of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,618, and the median income for a family was $51,855. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $26,068 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,568.  About 6.4% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{St. Clair County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in St. Clair County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1855]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:1855 establishments in Michigan]]