Editing Silver Creek Township, Michigan

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| official_name      = Silver Creek Township, Michigan
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Cass County, Michigan|Cass County]]

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| postal_code        = 49047, 49111
| area_code          = [[Area code 269|269]]
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| blank_info         = 26-73940<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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'''Silver Creek Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Cass County, Michigan|Cass County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,051 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=Silver Creek township, Cass County, Michigan - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Silver_Creek_township,_Cass_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2602773940 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
Silver Creek Township is located in the northwest corner of Cass County, bordered to the west by [[Berrien County, Michigan|Berrien County]] and to the north by [[Van Buren County, Michigan|Van Buren County]]. The city of [[Dowagiac, Michigan|Dowagiac]] borders the township to the southeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|88.6|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|82.8|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|5.9|km2|disp=flip}}, or 6.62%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602773940| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142514/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602773940| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Silver Creek township, Cass County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref> The township is largely agricultural, though it has a large influx of summer visitors who own cottages or stay at summer resorts in the Sister Lakes area in the northwest part of the township.

==Communities==
*'''Cushing''' was formed in 1874 and originally called '''Stark's Corners'''. It had a post office from 1880 until 1904.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=144}}
*The unincorporated community of Sister Lakes, plus the lakes themselves, which are primarily located in adjacent [[Keeler Township, Michigan|Keeler Township]] in [[Van Buren County, Michigan|Van Buren County]], extend into the township. The northern half of Silver Creek Township is served by the Sister Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, and the southern half is served by the Indian Lake Fire Department.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align= left
|2000= 3491
|2010= 3218
|2020= 3051
|footnote=<ref name="2020 census"/><ref name="Census 2010"/><ref name="GR2" />
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,491 people, 1,299 households, and 958 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|108.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,362 housing units at an average density of {{convert|73.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 90.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.83% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.14% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 5.67% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.08% of the population.

There were 1,299 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% 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 3.01.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,572, and the median income for a family was $46,891. Males had a median income of $36,597 versus $20,428 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,866.  About 6.0% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Silver+Creek |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-year=1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=Detroit, Michigan <!--|ISBN=978-0814318386 --> |access-date=July 3, 2017}}

==External links==
*[http://silvercreektwpmi.org/ Silver Creek Township official website]
*[http://www.sisterlakes.com/ Sister Lakes]
*[http://www.sisterlakesfire.com/ Sister Lakes Fire Department]

{{Cass County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Cass County, Michigan]]
[[Category:South Bend – Mishawaka metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]