Editing Readmond Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Readmond Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = 2009-0619-GoodHart.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Unincorporated community of Good Hart
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| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
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| pushpin_label      = Readmond Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Readmond Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Lisa Fineout
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Sarah Krupa
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1877

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 31.03
| area_land_sq_mi    = 31.03
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 560
| 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        = 265
| elevation_ft       = 869
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|34|34|N|85|02|09|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]](s)
| postal_code        = 49737 (Good Hart)<br>49740 ([[Harbor Springs, Michigan|Harbor Springs]])<br>49769 ([[Pellston, Michigan|Pellston]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-67540<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626958<ref>{{gnis|1626958}}</ref>
| website            = 
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}}
'''Readmond Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 560 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Communities==
Good Hart is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township on the shore of [[Lake Michigan]] at {{coord|45|34|02|N|85|06|48|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1618903|Good Hart, Michigan}}</ref> It is on [[M-119 (Michigan highway)|M-119]] about {{convert|13|mi|km}} north of [[Harbor Springs, Michigan|Harbor Springs]] and {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} south of [[Cross Village, Michigan|Cross Village]]. This was a center of [[Ojibwe]] settlement under the leadership of Joseph Black Hawk and his brother Good Heart in the early 19th-century.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |year=1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit |page=228}}</ref>

==History==
Indians knew the area as [[L'Arbre Croche]], meaning crooked tree.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Ignatius Church Cemetery|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/tsphoto/emmet/stignatius.htm|website=The USGenWeb Archives Project|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Karamanski |first=Theodore J. |url=http://archive.org/details/blackbirdssongan0000kara |title=Blackbird's Song : Andrew J. Blackbird and the Odawa People |date=2012 |publisher=Michigan State University Press |isbn=978-1-61186-050-4 |location=East Lansing |pages=9–11}}</ref> In 1741, Jesuits established a mission to the Native Americans and it was known as [[Apatawaaing]]. By 1823, the Jesuits had built the first structure here and the area was known as Middle Village. St. Ignatius Church was destroyed by fire in 1889 then rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Ignatius Church in Middle Village|url=http://www.visitpetoskeymichigan.com/stories/st_ignatius_church_middle_village|website=visitpetoskeymichigan.com|publisher=Concierge Publications|access-date=April 7, 2016|quote="The first structure in Middle Village was a Jesuit Mission in 1823 but the mission began in this area, once called Apatawaaing, in 1741. It was rebuilt in 1823 by Native Americans and then built again in 1889 after a fire destroyed it. What was once named the St. Ignatius Church of Loyola is now known as St. Ignatius Church."}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|31.03|sqmi|km2}}, including all land.

==Demographics==
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 493 people, 198 households, and 149 families residing in the township. The population density was 15.9 per square mile (6.1/km{{sup|2}}). There were 411 housing units at an average density of 13.3 per square mile (5.1/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the township was 93.10% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.83% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.46% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.84% of the population.

There were 198 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,114, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $26,071 versus $22,031 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,270. About 3.5% of families and 6.4% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Emmet County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Emmet County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan]]