Editing Resort Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Resort Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Walloon1.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = [[Walloon Lake]]
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position   = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label            = Resort Township
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| image_map                = Resort Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] (red) and an administered portion of the [[Bay Shore, Michigan|Bay Shore]] community (pink)

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{Flagu|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{Flag|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              = Robert Wheaton
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Rufus Welsheimer
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 21.60
| area_land_sq_mi          = 19.13
| area_water_sq_mi         = 2.47

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2835
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 141.0

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 250
| elevation_ft             = 820
| coordinates              = {{coord|45|20|16|N|85|01|00|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49770 ([[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-68060<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              = 1626965<ref>{{gnis|1626965}}</ref>
| website                  = 
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Resort Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The southwesternmost township of Emmet County, Resort Township is immediately adjacent [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]], the [[county seat]] and largest city in Emmet County. Resort Township also has a shoreline on [[Little Traverse Bay]], a [[bay]] of [[Lake Michigan]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 2,835, an increase from 2,697 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|21.60|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|19.13|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|2.47|sqmi|km2}} (11.44%) is water.

Resort Township has shorelines on both [[Little Traverse Bay]] ([[Lake Michigan]]) and [[Walloon Lake]]. [[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]] is south and west of Resort Township.

The city of [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]] is north and northeast of Resort Township. The community of [[Bay Shore, Michigan|Bay Shore]] is also in the northwest of the township.

=== Major highway ===

* {{jct|US|31|state=MI}} runs west–east through the north of the township, paralleling Little Traverse Bay. US 31 runs north to [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]] and south to [[Charlevoix, Michigan|Charlevoix]] and [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]], further south along the Lake Michigan coast.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,479 people, 894 households, and 722 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|129.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,215 housing units at an average density of {{convert|63.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 95.76% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.08% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.56% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.89% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 894 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $52,772, and the median income for a family was $58,629. Males had a median income of $39,643 versus $24,524 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $25,080.  About 1.8% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 7.5% 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]]