Editing Springport Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Springport Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
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| pushpin_label      = Springport Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = Springport Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Springport, Michigan|Springport]] (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  = [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Karl Schmidt
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Jackie Riehle
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| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 36.37
| area_land_sq_mi    = 36.10
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.27

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2142
| 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        = 289
| elevation_ft       = 948
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|22|44|N|84|40|16|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48827 ([[Eaton Rapids, Michigan|Eaton Rapids]])<br>49269 ([[Parma, Michigan|Parma]])<br>49284 ([[Springport, Michigan|Springport]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-75880<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        = 1627112<ref>{{gnis|1627112}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.springportmi.com/|Official website}}
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}}
'''Springport Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 2,142.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Springport_township,_Jackson_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2607575880 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''East Springport''' was the name of a post office in this township from 1874 until 1900.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=173}}
*'''[[Springport, Michigan|Springport]]''' is a village within the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|36.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (0.47%) 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=May 1, 2020 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=27 Michigan }}</ref>

Springport Township is in the northwest corner of Jackson County, bordered to the north by [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton County]] and to the west by [[Calhoun County, Michigan|Calhoun County]]. It is {{convert|20|mi}} northwest of the city of [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]], the [[county seat]].

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,182 people, 770 households, and 586 families in the township. The population density was {{convert|60.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 816 housing units at an average density of 22.6 per square mile (8.7/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 97.71% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.50% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 770 households, out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,344, and the median income for a family was $49,265. Males had a median income of $36,289 versus $24,464 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,417.  About 5.5% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
===Notes===
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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 }}

{{Jackson County, Michigan}}

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