Editing Shiawassee Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Shiawassee Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
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| pushpin_label      = Shiawassee Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Shiawassee Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Bancroft, Michigan|Bancroft]] (pink)

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Gerald Novak
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Chris Gaudette
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| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.85
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.39
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.46

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2740
| 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        = 253
| elevation_ft       = 830
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|54|02|N|84|05|17|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48414 ([[Bancroft, Michigan|Bancroft]])<br>48429 ([[Durand, Michigan|Durand]])<br>48817 ([[Corunna, Michigan|Corunna]])<br>48857 ([[Morrice, Michigan|Morrice]])<br>48867 ([[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-73520<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        = 1627080<ref>{{gnis|1627080}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.shiawasseetownship.org/|Official website}}
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}}
'''Shiawassee Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,740 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Shiawassee_township,_Shiawassee_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2615573520 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''[[Bancroft, Michigan|Bancroft]]''' is a village located in the southeast section of the township along Grand River Road and the railroad, southeast of Lansing Road at {{Coord|42|52|43|N|84|3|50|W|}}.
*'''Newburg''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the township at Newburg and Bancroft roads, east of the [[Shiawassee River]] at {{Coord|42|54|32|N|84|4|9|W|}}.<ref name="scmg2">{{cite web |url=http://shiawasseehistory.com/location.html |title=Shiawassee County Michigan GPS Locations |access-date=19 November 2008 |work=Shiawassee County Michigan History }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The community was named after [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N.Y.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1568%2C1275079 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County | work=The Argus-Press | date=September 15, 2000 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=3}}</ref>
*'''Shiawasseetown''' is an unincorporated community within the township at Bancroft and Bennington roads. {{Coord|42|55|46|N|84|04|46|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Shiawasseetown, Michigan|display=inline}}<ref>{{gnis|629618|Shiawasseetown, Michigan}}</ref><ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SHIAWASSEE_COUNTY_125308_7.pdf SHIAWASSEE County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information.  September 2007.</ref> Charles Bacon from Ohio started a company to buy and sell land here. A plat was filed and recorded in 1836.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BT8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C2760640 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County visited | work=The Argus-Press | date=October 2, 2000 | access-date=2 May 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> On July 12, 1837, Lemuel Brown, postmaster, opened the post office as Shiawassee. On May 26, 1857, the Office was renamed Shiawassee Town. The city was planned as a possible state capital with 90 city blocks, two town squares and a park.  The Shiawassee River in the community was dammed in the early 1900s for power. Most of the development never materialized.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_U8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Kq0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1608%2C3985750 | title='It's only a paper (town)' but site of many 'firsts' | work=The Argus-Press | date=Aug 19, 1982 | access-date=3 November 2015 | author=Klein, Donna | pages=11}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.85|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|36.39|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.46|sqmi|km2|2}} (1.25%) 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 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=42 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Demographics==
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 2,907 people, 1,008 households and 815 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|79.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,054 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.25% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.65% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.62% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 1,008 households, of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.20.

27.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The [[median household income]] was $48,220 and the median family income was $50,766. Males had a median income of $44,514 compared with $23,977 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,713. About 4.2% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Highways==
*{{jct|state=MI|I|69}}
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|71}}

==References==
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{{Shiawassee County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Shiawassee County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]