Editing Stannard Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Stannard Township, Michigan
| settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = O Kun de Kun Falls Close.jpg
| imagesize                = 275
| image_caption            = [[O Kun de Kun Falls]]
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map              = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label            = Stannard Township
| pushpin_label_position   = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize          = 
| image_map                = Stannard Township, MI2.png
| mapsize                  = 250
| map_caption              = Location within [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]]
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| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = <!-- 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        = [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = Supervisor
| leader_name              = Gabriel Lannet
| leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1             = Crystal Smith
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 
| area_land_km2            = 
| area_water_km2           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 125.14
| area_land_sq_mi          = 125.10
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.04

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 645
| population_density_km2   = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 5.16

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset               = -5
| timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -4
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 332
| elevation_ft             = 1089
| coordinates              = {{coord|46|33|36|N|89|08|49|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code              = 49912 ([[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]])
| area_code                = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 26-76180<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1627120<ref>{{gnis|1627120}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.stannardtwp.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Stannard Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 645 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census20">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2613176180|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-12-31|title=Stannard township, Ontonagon County, Michigan}}</ref> [[O Kun de Kun Falls]] is located within the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|125.14|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|125.10|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2|2}} (0.02%) is water.

The western portion of the township is drained by the [[Baltimore River]] and its tributaries. [[O Kun de Kun Falls]] is located on the Baltimore River, in the northern part of the township. The middle and eastern portions are drained, respectively, by the middle and east branches of the [[Ontonagon River]].

=== Communities ===
*'''[[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]]''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the township.
*'''Paynesville''' is an unincorporated community on M-28 and the Soo Line about three miles east of Bruce Crossing at {{coord|46|31|25|N|89|06|59|W|}}. It was named after the Payne family who owned homesteads nearby. It was a stop on the [[Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway]]. <!--Source: Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, 1986: Wayne State University Press-->On the SE corner, at the intersection of Blacksmith Rd and N Paynesville Road, in  Paynesville, resides a historic [[Finns|Finnish]] [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] Church.

==Demographics==
As of the [[United States census|census]]<ref name="Census20" /> of 2020, there were 645 people, 315 households, and 189 families residing in the township.  The [[population density]] was 5.16 per square mile (1.99/km{{sup|2}}).  There were 495 housing units at an average density of 3.96 per square mile (1.53/km{{sup|2}}). There were 613 [[White people]], making the township 95.04% [[White Americans|White]], 1.39%  [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 0.46% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.31% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], and 2.63% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 0.31% of the population.

Among people reporting ancestry, 43.3% reported [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]] ancestry, 18.6% identified their ancestry as [[American ancestry|American]], followed by 12.4% reporting [[German Americans|German]] ancestry. Other ancestries reported were 6.5% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 4.7% [[English Americans|English]], 2.8% [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]], 2.0% [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]], 1.7% [[Polish Americans|Polish]], 1.6% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 1.1% [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], 1.1% [[Ukrainian Americans|Ukrainian]], 0.5% [[Lithuanian Americans|Lithuanian]], 0.5% [[French Canadian Americans|French Canadian]], 0.3% [[Greek Americans|Greek]], 0.3% [[Swiss Americans|Swiss]], and 0.3% [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]] ancestry.

There were 315 households, out of which 10.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a male householder with no spouse present, 4.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 40.0% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.58.

In the township the population was spread out, although skewing older, with 10.3% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 15.0% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 35.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 129.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $51,125. Males had a median income of $40,125 versus $30,391 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,133.  About 14.3% of families and 20.9% of the population were below the [[poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="Census20" />

==References==
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{{Ontonagon County, Michigan}}

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