Editing Shields, Michigan

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|official_name            = Shields, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]] (CDP) & [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]]
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|image_caption            = Road signage looking east along [[M-46 (Michigan highway)|M-46]]
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]]

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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Civil township|Townships]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[James Township, Michigan|James]] and [[Thomas Township, Michigan|Thomas]]

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 7035
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|postal_code              = 48609 ([[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-73560<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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'''Shields''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Michigan|Thomas Township]], [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  It is also a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) for statistical purposes, but with no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The population of the CDP was 7,035 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].

The community of Shields is located on [[M-46 (Michigan highway)|M-46]]/Gratiot Road just west of the [[Tittabawassee River]].<ref name="gnis" /> In the 2000 census, the CDP included an area bounded on the east by the Tittabawassee River, north to State Street, west to N. Miller Road, south to Geddes Road, west to N. Thomas Road, south to M-46/Gratiot Road, east to Swan Creek, south to the railroad crossing on Schomaker Road, east along the rail tracks to Stroebel Road, northwest to Ronald Drive and east to the Tittabawassee River. Most of the CDP is within [[Thomas Township, Michigan|Thomas Township]] with a small portion extending into northwest [[James Township, Michigan|James Township]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US2673560&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en Shields CDP, Michigan Reference Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212041712/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US2673560&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en |date=2020-02-12 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>

==History==
A post office operated in Shields from August 15, 1894 until Dec 15, 1902.<ref>{{gnis|2558476|Shields Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

The Shields brothers William and Arthur were born in 1826 and 1830 respectively in [[County Armagh]], Ireland. Along with their family, they immigrated to Michigan settling in Thomas Township in 1842. The bachelor brothers settled on {{convert|160|acre|km2}} in section three. Eventually the southeastern part of the Township came to be known as the Shields area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leeson |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/historysaginawc00clargoog |title=History of Saginaw County, Michigan |publisher=C.C. Chapman & co. |year=1881 |isbn=9781371007560 |location=Chicago, United States |pages=942–943 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Paines''' is a place within James Township and the CDP located on Dutch Road between River Roads and Stroebel Roads.<ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SAGINAW_COUNTY_125303_7.pdf Saginaw County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information.  September 2007.</ref><ref>{{gnis|1617765|Paines, Michigan}}</ref> Paines was first settled in 1871 and named for A. B. Paine, a local brick manufacturer. It was a station at the junction of the [[Michigan Central Railroad|Michigan Central]] and the [[Pere Marquette Railway|Pere Marquette]] rail lines. A post office named "Painesville" was established on October 10, 1873, closed on May 29, 1876, and reopened on July 14, 1876. The office was renamed "Paines" on October 19, 1880 and continued until June 30, 1904.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref><ref>{{gnis|2558480|Paines Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|6.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (1.06%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 7035
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,590 people, 2,508 households, and 1,875 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|1,007.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,587 housing units at an average density of {{convert|395.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.93% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.32% of the population.

There were 2,508 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

As of the [[census]] of 2010, the median income for a household in the CDP was $52,457, and the median income for a family was $62,566. Males working full-time and year-round had a median income of $44,018 versus $39,471 for full-time, year-round working females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $24,397.  About 4.4% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212213253/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table United States Census]</ref>

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{{Saginaw County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Saginaw County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Michigan]]
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Saginaw County, Michigan]]