Editing Riverton Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Riverton Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
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|image_caption            = Left to right, top to bottom:<br>Township hall, fire department and rural area with [[wind turbines]]

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|map_caption              = Location within [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]]

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason]]

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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Gary Dittmer
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Cindy Gerbers
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1868

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|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_cousubs_26.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=September 8, 2023}}</ref>
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US2610568860&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Riverton township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=September 8, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1232
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 49431 ([[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]])<br>49449 ([[Pentwater, Michigan|Pentwater]])<br>49454 ([[Scottville, Michigan|Scottville]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-105-68860<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>
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|blank1_info              = 1626985<ref>{{gnis|1626985}}</ref>
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'''Riverton Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,232 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
Riverton Township was organized in 1868.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43JOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ekADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5045%2C2177678 | title=Farm Bureau Shows History of County by Parade at Fairgrounds | work=Ludington Daily News | date=August 28, 1937 | access-date=3 May 2015 | pages=8}}</ref> The township was named from the fact that the [[Pere Marquette River]] forms its northern border.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z8NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C2546788 | title=Focus on our history: How county was named | work=Ludington Daily News | date=October 3, 1987 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=2}}</ref>

==Geography==
The township is in southwestern Mason County. It is bordered to the south by [[Oceana County, Michigan|Oceana County]] and to the north by the Pere Marquette River. The city of [[Scottville, Michigan|Scottville]] borders the township to the northeast, and the city of [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]], the [[county seat]], is {{convert|8|mi|0}} to the northwest.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.67|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.22|sqmi|km2|2}} are land and {{convert|0.45|sqmi|km2|2}}, or 1.26%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,335 people, 442 households, and 353 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|37.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 550 housing units at an average density of 15.6 per square mile (6.0/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 96.55% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.07% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.60% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.22% of the population.

There were 442 households, out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,482, and the median income for a family was $41,528. Males had a median income of $32,188 versus $24,306 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,566.  About 10.6% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Mason County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Mason County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1868]]
[[Category:1868 establishments in Michigan]]