Editing Perry Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Perry Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Perry Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Perry Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Morrice, Michigan|Morrice]] (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  = [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Mark Fulks
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Kelly Schmidt
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1841

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| area_total_sq_mi   = 31.63
| area_land_sq_mi    = 31.14
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.49

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 4141
| 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        = 270
| elevation_ft       = 886
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|50|03|N|84|13|13|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48857 ([[Morrice, Michigan|Morrice]])<br>48872 ([[Perry, Michigan|Perry]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-63720<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        = 1626896<ref>{{gnis|1626896}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://perrytownship-mi.us/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Perry Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 4,141 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Perry_township,_Shiawassee_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2615563720 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The township surrounds the city of [[Perry, Michigan|Perry]], but the two are administered autonomously. Perry Township was organized in 1841.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CWAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RqsFAAAAIBAJ&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>

==Communities==
* '''Forest Green Estates''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township, south of Bath Road and north of the railroads from Beardslee Road to the western township border.{{Coord|42|48|54|N|84|16|13|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Forest Green Estates|display=inline}}<ref>{{gnis|626255|Forest Green Estates, 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>
* '''[[Morrice, Michigan|Morrice]]''' is a village within the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|31.63|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|31.14|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.49|sqmi|km2}} (1.55%) 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=June 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 4,438 people, 1,568 households, and 1,221 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|139.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,664 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.43% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.46% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.28% of the population.

There were 1,568 households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $50,783, and the median income for a family was $56,809. Males had a median income of $41,905 versus $25,885 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $20,744.  About 4.9% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Highways==
*{{jct|state=MI|I|69}}
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|52}}

==References==
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==External links==
'''Municipal government and local Chamber of Commerce'''
*[http://perrytownship-mi.us/ Perry Township official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080316084904/http://www.perry-morrice.org/ Perry-Morrice Chamber of Commerce website]
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[[Category:Townships in Shiawassee County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1841]]
[[Category:1841 establishments in Michigan]]