Editing Springdale Township, Michigan

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| official_name            = Springdale Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Manistee County, Michigan|Manistee]]

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| postal_code              = 49683 ([[Thompsonville, Michigan|Thompsonville]])<br/>49614 ([[Bear Lake, Michigan|Bear Lake]])<br/>49645 ([[Kaleva, Michigan|Kaleva]])
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'''Springdale Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Manistee County, Michigan|Manistee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 849 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==Geography==
The township is in northern Manistee County and is bordered to the north by [[Benzie County, Michigan|Benzie County]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|35.4|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|1}}, or 0.56%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The [[Betsie River]], a tributary of [[Lake Michigan]], flows east to west across the northern part of the township.

==Communities==
'''Bec Scies''' was a settlement in Springdale Township established in 1881.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=51}}

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 730 people, 324 households, and 215 families residing in the township.  The [[population density]] was 20.5 per square mile (7.9/km{{sup|2}}).  There were 567 housing units at an average density of 15.9 per square mile (6.1/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 97.67% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.55% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.55% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.19% of the population.

There were 324 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the township the population was spread out, with 21.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,417, and the median income for a family was $31,667. Males had a median income of $31,563 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,612.  About 13.6% of families and 22.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 48.6% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

==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 |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0814318386 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}

==External links==
*{{Official|www.springdaletownship.org}}

{{Manistee County, Michigan}}

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