Editing St. Charles Township, Michigan

{{short description|Civil township in Michigan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = St. Charles Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = 
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = 
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = St. Charles Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = St. Charles Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] (red) and an administered portion of the village of [[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]] (pink)
| 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  = [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Tom Sargent
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Joseph Krawczyk
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 96.3
| area_land_km2      = 95.7
| area_water_km2     = 0.6
| area_total_sq_mi   = 37.2
| area_land_sq_mi    = 37.0
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.2

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3183
| population_density_km2 = auto
| 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        = 180
| elevation_ft       = 591
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|16|34|N|84|07|52|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48616 ([[Chesaning, Michigan|Chesaning]])<br>48655 ([[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-70660<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        = 1627023<ref>{{gnis|1627023}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://stcharlestwp.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
| name               = 
}}
'''St. Charles Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,183 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/St._Charles_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614570660 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
* The village of [[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]] is located in the northwest corner of the township.
* '''Clausedale''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the Township at Fry and Claudesdale 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|1617491|Clausedale, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Fergus''' is identified as a locale by the U.S. Geological Survey in the township at Fergus and McKeighan Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|625901|Fergus, Michigan}}</ref> Fergus was a station on the [[Michigan Central Railroad]] and had a post office from December 28, 1882 to August 15, 1933.<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|2558496|Fergus Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
* '''Groveton''' is an unincorporated community in the township on 4th Street between Marion and Burt Roads.<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|1617599|Groveton, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Luce''' is an unincorporated community in the township at its Eastern border with [[Albee Township, Michigan|Albee Township]] at Burt and Gasper Roads.<ref name="scm"/><ref>{{gnis|1617691|Luce, Michigan}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|37.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|37.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} (0.62%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,393 people, 1,301 households, and 965 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|91.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,365 housing units at an average density of {{convert|36.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.47% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.24% of the population.

There were 1,301 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,726, and the median income for a family was $48,776. Males had a median income of $40,208 versus $23,708 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,818.  About 6.6% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Saginaw County, Michigan}}

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