Editing Secord Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Secord Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Secord Township, Michigan.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Secord Township Hall
| 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      = Secord Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Secord Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]]

<!-- 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  = [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Joel Vernier
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Karen Gawron
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1912

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 60.89
| area_land_km2      = 57.06
| area_water_km2     = 3.83
| area_total_sq_mi   = 23.51
| area_land_sq_mi    = 22.03
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.48

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1046
| 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        = 227
| elevation_ft       = 745
| coordinates        = {{coord|44|02|34|N|84|20|17|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48624 ([[Gladwin, Michigan|Gladwin]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-72240<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        = 1627056<ref>{{gnis|1627056}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://www.secordtownship.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Secord Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Gladwin County, Michigan|Gladwin County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,046 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Secord_township,_Gladwin_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2605172240 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''Secord''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located at {{coord|44|00|54|N|84|20|52|W}} in the southwest portion of the township.

==History==
Secord Township, along with many other townships in the Tri County area, was originally inhabited by Native Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Chippewa tribe was most present at this time. A Canadian man named Marcel Secord first arrived to the area in 1861 with his family while canoeing down the [[Tittabawassee River]]. In the Summer of 1864, he built a login cabin roughly {{convert|10|mi|km|1}} east of [[Gladwin, Michigan|Gladwin]]. Secord was a skilled trapper and hunter, providing meals to early [[lumberjack]]s in the area. The area would later be known as "Secord" when a post office was established in 1912 when Secord Township was officially organized.  The township is named for Marvel Secord, an early settler.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gladwinmi.com/community/genealogy-of-gladwin-area-place-names/article_ea102008-a2e7-11e7-bea3-8f6ce77165fd.html | title=Genealogy of Gladwin area place names | publisher=Gladwin County Record and Beaverton Clarion | accessdate=13 March 2018 | author=Smith, Jerry}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Secord Township|url=https://www.secordtownship.org/Inform/MPp004page4.shtml|title=Secord Township Masterplan|accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|23.51|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|22.03|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|1.48|sqmi|km2|2}} (6.30%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=October 1, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=22 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

The [[Tittabawassee River]] flows south through the center of the township.  The river is dammed by the [[Secord Dam]].

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|30}} runs north–south and forms most of the western boundary of the township.

==Demographics==
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 1,140 people, 551 households and 382 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|50.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of {{convert|61.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 99.21% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 551 households, of which 12.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.41.

Age distribution was 12.8% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 38.1% from 45 to 64, and 28.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.

The median household income was $30,500, and the median family income for a family was $34,453. Males had a median income of $34,107 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,542. About 12.1% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Images==
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File:Secord Dam (Michigan).jpg|{{center|[[Secord Dam]]}}
File:Secord Pond (Michigan).jpg|{{center|Secord Lake}}
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==References==
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{{Gladwin County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Gladwin County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1912]]
[[Category:1912 establishments in Michigan]]