Editing Palmyra Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Palmyra Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Palmyra Township Hall Michigan.JPG
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Palmyra Township Hall
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = top<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Palmyra Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Palmyra Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Lenawee County, Michigan|Lenawee County]]
| 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  = [[Lenawee County, Michigan|Lenawee]]
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = James Isley
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Christine Whited
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1834
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_total_km2     = 95.0
| area_land_km2      = 95.0
| area_water_km2     = 0.0
| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.7
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.7
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 2031
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 217
| elevation_ft       = 712
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|52|00|N|83|57|00|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49221 ([[Adrian, Michigan|Adrian]])<br>49228 ([[Blissfield, Michigan|Blissfield]])<br>49248 ([[Jasper, Michigan|Jasper]])<br>49268 (Palmyra)
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-62240<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        = 1626878<ref>{{gnis|1626878}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.palmyratownship.net}}
}}

'''Palmyra Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Lenawee County, Michigan|Lenawee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,031 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Palmyra_township,_Lenawee_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2609162240 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|36.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.03% is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,366 people, 793 households, and 619 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|64.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 848 housing units at an average density of 23.1 per square mile (8.9/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 88.38% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.89% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.55% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 8.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.86% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.23% of the population.

There were 793 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,598, and the median income for a family was $56,333. Males had a median income of $34,954 versus $26,202 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,843.  About 2.6% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.lenawee.mi.us/ Lenawee County government site]
*[http://www.lenaweehistory.com/ Complete text of ''History of Lenawee County'' published in 1909 by the Western Historical Society]

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[[Category:Townships in Lenawee County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:1834 establishments in Michigan Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1834]]