Editing Stockbridge Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Stockbridge Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = [[Stockbridge Town Hall]] in [[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]]
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]] (pink)

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham]]

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|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = C.G. Lantis
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Becky Muraf
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1834
|established_title1       = Established
|established_date1        = 1836

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|unit_pref  =  Imperial
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|area_total_km2           = 93.03
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 3912
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|population_density_sq_mi = 110.3

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 286
|elevation_ft             = 938
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|27|32|N|84|11|37|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48819 ([[Dansville, Michigan|Dansville]])<br>49285 ([[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 517|517]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-76580<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              = 1627127<ref>{{gnis|1627127}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://stockbridgetownshipmi.com/index.htm|Official website}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Stockbridge Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,912 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=060XX00US2606576580 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stockbridge township, Ingham County, Michigan |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 20, 2024}}</ref>

==Communities==
*'''[[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]]''' is a village located in the southeast corner of the township.  The Stockbridge 49285 ZIP Code serves the majority of the township.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stockbridge,+MI+49285/@42.4761854,-84.3366545,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x88232bc19a10aa9f:0x668f842b12d1433a!8m2!3d42.4636132!4d-84.2067992 |title = 49285 ZIP Code map |access-date = January 7, 2021 }}</ref>

==History==
David Rogers was the first resident to settle in the area in 1834.  When more travelers arrived, Stockbridge Township was established on November 26, 1836 as the first township in Ingham County.  The village of Stockbridge, which was settled soon after, served as the main population center.  The current township hall was constructed in Stockbridge in 1892.  The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980 and also as a [[Michigan State Historic Preservation Office|Michigan State Historic Site]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|last=MichMarkers.com|url=http://www.michmarkers.com/default?page=L0431|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011412/http://michmarkers.com/default?page=L0431|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 3, 2020|title=Stockbridge Town Hall: Registered Site L0431|date=2021|accessdate=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.92|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|35.46|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.46|sqmi|km2|2}} (1.28%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

[[Lakelands Trail State Park]] runs through part of the township and has its westernmost trailhead within the village of Stockbridge.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,435 people, 1,220 households, and 941 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|96.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,281 housing units at an average density of {{convert|35.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.49% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.15% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.19% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.57% of the population.

There were 1,220 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $44,295, and the median income for a family was $53,438. Males had a median income of $41,756 versus $27,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $22,014.  About 6.5% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Highways==
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|36}} runs through the northeast corner of the township and forms a small portion of the northern boundary.
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|52}} runs north–south through the township and the center of the village of Stockbridge.
*{{jct|state=MI|MI|106}} runs through the southeast portion of the township and also runs concurrently with M-52 through Stockbridge.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://stockbridgetownship.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.cadl.org/hours_locations/ST.htm Stockbridge Branch of the Capital Area District Library]

{{Ingham County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Ingham County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1836]]
[[Category:1836 establishments in Michigan Territory]]