Editing Overisel Township, Michigan

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'''Overisel Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,113 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600561820| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142418/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600561820| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Overisel township, Allegan County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref>

Overisel was named after the Dutch province of [[Overijssel]].<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>  Overisel is the birthplace of mathematician [[George David Birkhoff]], best known for what is now called the [[ergodic theory#Ergodic theorems|ergodic theorem]].

==Communities==

* '''Bentheim''' is a Dutch and German community that was also settled in the mid-1800s. Bentheim is found near the Rabbit River on the far Eastern edge of the Township.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* '''Drenthe''' is a Dutch community that was first settled by Jan Hulst in 1847.  His family's journey from Baltimore took six weeks when made by ox-cart in June 1847.<ref name="ReferenceB">Drenthe Christian Reformed Church Historical Web Page</ref>
* '''Overisel''' is a tightly knit community found in the far western part of Overisel Township and was settled in 1848 by Dutch immigrants consisting of only 12 families at the time. The village consists of two Churches, (Reformed and Christian Reformed) as well as a feed mill and dozens of family-owned farms.<ref name="ReferenceA">Overisel Reformed Church Historical Society</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|92.5|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|92.3|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.22%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1960 = 1688
| 1970 = 1881
| 1980 = 2248
| 1990 = 2324
| 2000 = 2613
| 2010 = 2911
| 2020 = 3113
| footnote = Source: Census Bureau. Census [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MCD1960-1990C_33608_7.pdf 1960-] 2000, 2010. }}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,594 people, 869 households, and 730 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|72.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 897 housing units at an average density of 25.0 per square mile (9.7/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 96.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.04% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.39% of the population.

There were 869 households, out of which 42.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families. 13.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $52,857, and the median income for a family was $56,964. Males had a median income of $39,594 versus $26,982 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,831.  About 1.5% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.overiseltownship.org/|Overisel Township official website}}

{{Allegan County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Allegan County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]