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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Owosso Township, Michigan | official_name = Owosso Charter Township | settlement_type = [[Charter township]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = Michigan | pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = Owosso Township | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan | pushpin_mapsize = | image_map = Owosso Charter 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 = <ref>{{cite web |title=Owosso Chtr. Twp., Shiawassee Co. |url=https://www.michigantownships.org/twp_details.asp?fips=61960 |website=www.michigantownships.org |publisher=Michigan Townships Association |access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Supervisor | leader_name = Steve Schweikert | leader_title1 = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]] | leader_name1 = Pat Skvarenina | leader_title2 = [[Treasurer]] | leader_name2 = June Cudney | established_title = Organized | established_date = 1837 <!-- Area -->| unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = 32.15 | area_land_sq_mi = 31.61 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.74 <!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4765 | 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 = 234 | elevation_ft = 768 | coordinates = {{coord|42|59|51|N|84|12|38|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 = 26-61960<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 = 1626876<ref>{{gnis|1626876}}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.owossochartertownship.org|Official website}} | footnotes = }} '''Owosso Township''', formally named '''Owosso Charter Township''', is a [[charter township]] of [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,765 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Owosso_charter_township,_Shiawassee_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2615561960 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The township borders the city of [[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]] on the east, but the two are administered autonomously. ==Communities== *'''Burton''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] along S. Baldwin Road, which separated Owosso Township from adjacent [[Middlebury Township, Michigan|Middlebury Township]], at McBride Road. It was first established under the name '''Mungerville''' in 1864 but renamed to Burton on May 3, 1878. On January 31, 1936, the post office was closed.<ref name="tap">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=1568%2C1275079 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County | work=The Argus-Press | date=September 15, 2000 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> It is at {{Coord|43|00|28|N|84|17|05|W|}}, about 4.5 miles west of the city of Owosso.<ref>{{gnis|622336|Burton, Shiawassee County, Michigan}}</ref><ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SHIAWASSEE_COUNTY_125308_7.pdf SHIAWASSEE County Map.] J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information. September 2007.</ref> *'''Five Points''', also referred to as Five Points West or West Five Points, is an unincorporated community in the township at [[M-21 (Michigan highway)|M-21]], Priest Road and Smith Road. {{Coord|42|59|52|N|84|13|33|W|}}<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|626117|Five Points, Michigan}}</ref> *'''Smith Crossing''' is an unincorporated community in the township at Wilkinson and Smith roads near the [[Great Lakes Central Railroad]] crossing. {{Coord|43|01|35|N|84|13|23|W|}}<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|1617854|Smith Crossing, Michigan}}</ref> ==History== In 1835, the township received its first non-Native settlers, Elias Comstock, Kilburn Bedell and Lewis Findley, Bedell's father-in-law. The first building at Big Rapids was built in 1836.<ref name="mpn">{{cite book |last1=Romig |first1=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |date=1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=9780814318386 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Mungerville&pg=PA90 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The township's name sake is the American Indian Chief Wasso. Wasso and his tribe was moved from this area by the US under the 1836 treaty to a reservation.<ref name="mpn0" /> A post office was established at Big Rapids on November 4, 1838, with the name Owasso with postmaster Daniel Ball. In 1838, Big Rapids/Owasso was platted by Daniel Gould for the owners, Williams.<ref name="mpn"/> Shiawassee County was organized as a single township with the same name on March 23, 1836. Owosso Township was split off from Shiawassee Township taking the northern half of the county which was eight [[Survey township|township survey areas]] on March 11, 1837. On March 21, 1839, Middlebury and Fairfield township areas were split off from Owosso as Middlebury Township, while the survey area 7 north range 4 east was detached from the township and added to Vernon Township. On the following day, Caledonia was detached short 5 section from the full township survey area. On February 16, 1842, the missing section were transferred to Caledonia to make it a whole survey area.<ref name="tap0">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CWAiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1170%2C226866 | title=County Also Marks 150 | work=The Argus-Press | date=July 1, 1986 | access-date=4 May 2015 | author=Epstein, Michael | pages=F11}}</ref> By 1844, the spelling Owosso for the community came into use.<ref name="mpn0">{{cite book |last1=Romig |first1=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |date=1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=9780814318386 |page=424 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Owosso&pg=PA424 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The organizational act of March 20, 1848 formed New Haven Township, consisting of New Haven and Hazelton survey areas, from the township's territory. On March 28, 1950, Rush township was created out the township's northern township survey area leaving the township with a single survey area.<ref name="tap0"/> In 1859, Owosso was incorporated as a city.<ref name="mpn0" /> Before January 22, 1864, the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad came through the township's west side and a station, Mungerville, opened there. On that date, a post office opened there with the same name under postmaster Philander Munger. The Mungerville post office changed its name on May 4, 1878, to Burton.<ref name="tap"/> The Owasso post office officially changed to the newer spelling on June 8, 1875.<ref name="mpn0"/> On January 31, 1936, the Burton post office was closed.<ref name="tap"/> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|32.15|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|31.61|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.74|sqmi|km2}} (2.30%) 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 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=42 Michigan}}</ref> ==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,670 people, 1,816 households, and 1,334 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|144.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,898 housing units at an average density of {{convert|58.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.28% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.64% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.34% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.35% of the population. There were 1,816 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.99. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,500, and the median income for a family was $46,863. Males had a median income of $40,778 versus $21,560 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,772. About 3.1% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over. ==Transportation== ===Highways=== *{{jct|state=MI|MI|21}} *{{jct|state=MI|MI|52}} ===Airport=== *[[File:Airport Sign.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Owosso Community Airport]] is located just east in [[Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan|Caledonia Township]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{Shiawassee County, Michigan}} [[Category:Townships in Shiawassee County, Michigan]] [[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1837]] [[Category:1837 establishments in Michigan]]
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