Editing Scio Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Scio Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = scio_township_hall.JPG
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Township Hall on N. Zeeb Road
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label      = Scio Township
| pushpin_label_position = left <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Scio Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]]
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Jack Knowles
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Jessica Flintoft
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1832

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 88.60
| area_land_km2      = 87.36
| area_water_km2     = 1.24
| area_total_sq_mi   = 34.21
| area_land_sq_mi    = 33.73
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.48

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 17552
| 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        = 266
| elevation_ft       = 873
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|18|12|N|83|50|10|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48103, 48105 ([[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]])<br>48130 ([[Dexter, Michigan|Dexter]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 734|734]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-71940<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        = 1627050<ref>{{gnis|1627050}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://sciotownship.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Scio Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 17,552 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Scio_township,_Washtenaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2616171940 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''Delhi Mills''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|42|19|49|N|83|48|40|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|624528|Delhi Mills, Michigan}}</ref>  The community was first platted in 1836 by Jacob Doremus under the name Michigan Village.  It was soon known as Delhi.  In 1842, all unsold plots of land were bought by Norman Goodale, who founded the Delhi Mills company.  Scio transferred its post office to Delhi Mills, and the post office operated from February 3, 1871, until September 30, 1903.{{sfn|Romig|1986|pp=151–152}}  The area is now part of [[Delhi Metropark]] along the [[Huron River (Michigan)|Huron River]]. 
* '''Scio''' is an unincorporated community located in the northern portion of the township at {{coord|42|19|32|N|83|50|22|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|637451|Scio, Michigan}}</ref>  The settlement began with the construction of a mill by Samuel Foster in 1835.  Scio, which was named after the township, was platted later that year, and a post office opened on September 9, 1835.  The office operated until February 3, 1871, until it closed and transferred to Delhi Mills.  Another post office was reestablished in Scio on September 26, 1871.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=502}} 
* '''Weinsburg''' is a former settlement founded by German Lutheran farmers within the township in 1890.  Weinsburg had its own post office from January 30, 1890, until May 15, 1901.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=588}}

==History==
Samuel W. Foster bought a mill site on the Huron River at what is now Scio in 1835. The community was [[plat]]ted by Dr. Cyril Nichols from [[Vermont]]. A post office was established in 1835. The office was moved to Delhi Mills and renamed in February 1871, though the Scio office was re-established in September 1871. The post office took its name from the township; however, early township records were destroyed by fire, and it is uncertain why "Scio" was chosen.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=502}}  There are at least three origins suggested for the name. The first suggests it derives from the Greek island of [[Chios]], and the second that it was named after [[Scio, New York]], although that town was also named for Chios.<ref>[http://www.twp.scio.mi.us/about/History/ "History"], About Scio Township, Scio Township, Michigan</ref> Thirdly, by coincidence ''scio'' also means "I know" in [[Latin]], so following the [[American Civil War]] some people assumed this was the origin of the name.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}

Documents regarding the naming of townships in the State of Michigan archives indicate that Scio Township and its northern neighbor Webster Township were named on the same date, unlike other townships in Washtenaw County. This date followed the establishment by the United States of America of diplomatic relations with the modern nation of [[Greece]], following the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821–1830). U.S. Senator [[Daniel Webster]] had introduced a resolution, recorded in the ''[[Congressional Record]]'', that is widely considered one of his better orations (printed in the ''Collected Works of Daniel Webster''). He advocated that the USA be the first nation to diplomatically recognize Greece. Webster referred to the 1822 destruction of Scio, the then-current [[French language|French]] translation of Chios ({{langx|el|Χίος|links=no}}, pronounced /ˈçio̞s/), derived from the [[Genoese dialect]]. In Webster's era, French was the language of international diplomacy. [[Eugène Delacroix]]'s 1824 painting ''[[The Massacre at Chios]]'' and numerous publications brought the Greek cause to the attention of Americans. [[Ypsilanti Township, Michigan|Ypsilanti Township]] was named after the first leader of the secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the revolution, [[Alexander Ypsilantis (1792–1828)|Alexander Ypsilanti]] ({{langx|el|Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης|links=no}}).{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} The [[Ypsilanti, Michigan|City of Ypsilanti]] was named after the victor of the final battle of the revolution, Alexander's brother Demetrius.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.michigan.org/blog/region/how-did-michigan-cities-get-their-names-part-7/ |title=How Did Michigan Cities Get Their Names? Part 7 |publisher=[[State of Michigan]] |access-date=2013-01-31 |date=2012-03-09 |quote=Like Pigeon, Ypsilanti wasn’t always known by the name it has today. The city was originally a trading post set up in 1809 and called Woodruff’s Grove after Major Thomas Woodruff. The name was later changed to Ypsilanti in 1829 in honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti was a hero in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire.}}</ref> The sister townships of Scio and Webster were named as a monument to the birth of the new Greek republic, the end of its citizen's subjection, and the first American senator to support their nation.

Delhi Mills was platted as "Michigan Village" by Jacob Doremus in 1836, but was renamed Delhi. In 1842, Norman C. Goodale, known as the founder of Delhi Mills, acquired all the unsold lots. The Scio post office was transferred here in 1871 and operated until 1903.{{sfn|Romig|1986|pp=151–152}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], the township has a total area of {{convert|34.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|33.73|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.48|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (1.40%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Scio township, Washtenaw County, Michigan| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref>  A portion of Scio Township's area and population decreased slightly after the census when the village of [[Dexter, Michigan|Dexter]] incorporated as an autonomous city in 2014.

Scio Township contains two metro parks along the [[Huron River (Michigan)|Huron River]]: [[Dexter–Huron Metropark]] and [[Delhi Metropark]].  The [[Border-to-Border Trail]] runs through the township.<ref>{{cite web|last=Border to Border|url=https://b2btrail.org/explore-the-trail/|title=Explore the Border to Border Trail|date=2022|accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref>

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|I|94}} runs east–west through the center of the township.
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|14}} enters briefly into the township and has its western terminus soon after at Interstate 94.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 15,759 people, 6,070 households, and 4,425 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|463.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 6,338 housing units at an average density of {{convert|186.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 89.53% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.70% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.40% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.94% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.53% of the population.

There were 6,070 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $73,705, and the median income for a family was $87,498. Males had a median income of $60,313 versus $38,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $36,837.  About 1.8% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Scio Township is served by two public school districts.  The eastern section of the township is served by [[Ann Arbor Public Schools]], while the western section of the township is served by [[Dexter Community School District]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_WASHTENAW%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821052228/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_WASHTENAW%20COUNTY.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-21 |url-status=live|title=Washtenaw County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|accessdate=July 22, 2021}}</ref>

==Images==
<gallery widths="220px" heights="125px" perrow="4">
File:DelhiRdHuronRiverBridgeWashtenawCountyMI.jpg|{{center|[[Delhi Bridge]] within [[Delhi Metropark]]}}
File:Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7474 Scio Church Road, Scio Township, Michigan - panoramio.jpg|{{center|Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church}}
File:Swans on the Huron River, Scio Township, Michigan - panoramio.jpg|{{center|[[Huron River (Michigan)|Huron River]] flowing through the township}}
</gallery>

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{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 |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=151–152, 502, 588}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Scio Township, Michigan}}
*[https://www.sciotownship.org/ Scio Township official website]

{{Washtenaw County, Michigan}}

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