Editing Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan

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|name                     = Saginaw Township, Michigan
|official_name            = Saginaw Charter Township
|settlement_type          = [[Charter township]]
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|leader_name              = Timothy J. Braun
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|leader_name1             = Jon R. Howell
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|postal_code              = 48602–48604, 48608, 48638, 48663 ([[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-70540<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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'''Saginaw Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 41,679 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city of [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] is adjacent to the township to the southeast, but is administratively autonomous.

The township is also a component of the Saginaw [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and the greater [[Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area|Saginaw-Midland-Bay City]] [[Combined Statistical Area]] in the [[Central Michigan|Mid/Central Michigan]] region.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|24.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|24.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.56%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 39657
|2010= 40840
|2020= 41679
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 39,657 people, 17,096 households, and 10,685 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|1,608.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 17,859 housing units at an average density of {{convert|724.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 88.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.28% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.68% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.17% of the population.

There were 17,096 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the township, 21.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.2% was from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% was 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,147, and the median income for a family was $60,625. Males had a median income of $49,084 versus $30,620 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $25,759.  6.6% of the population and 4.4% of families were below the [[poverty line]].   7.0% of those are under the age of 18 and 8.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

==History==
Saginaw Township predates its parent county. When Saginaw Township was organized as part of [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]] in 1831, in accordance with an 1830 act of Michigan's Territorial Legislature, it covered all of today's Saginaw County (organized in 1835) and part of [[Bay County, Michigan|Bay]], [[Genesee County, Michigan|Genesee]] and [[Midland County, Michigan|Midland]] counties. As the boundaries for these counties were set, and new townships within Saginaw County organized, Saginaw Township was reduced to its present boundaries. The territory of the present City of Saginaw west of the Saginaw River was taken from Saginaw Township when the city of [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] was incorporated in 1857.

In May 2020, Saginaw County residents (including parts of Saginaw Township, Thomas Township, and Tittabawassee Township), along with various Midland County residents (including parts of the city of Midland, the village of Sanford, Edenville Township, Midland Township, Lincoln Township, Homer Township and Dow Chemical) were forced to evacuate due to high flooding caused by the breach of the [[Edenville Dam|Edenville]] and [[Sanford Lake|Sanford]] dams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/19/michigan-flooding-midland-gretchen-whitmer-evacuations/5226587002/|title='Do not hesitate': Michigan governor urges evacuations, warns Midland could be under 9 feet of water|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

==Education==

===Public school districts===
*[[Saginaw Township Community Schools]]

===Public high schools===
*[[Saginaw Heritage High School|Heritage High School]]

===Private high schools===
*[[Nouvel Catholic Central High School]]
*[[Valley Lutheran High School (Michigan)|Valley Lutheran High School]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.saginawtownship.org/ Saginaw Charter Township]
*[http://www.stcs.org/ Saginaw Township Community Schools]

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[[Category:Townships in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:1831 establishments in Michigan Territory]]