Editing Summit Township, Mason County, Michigan

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{{hatnote|There is also [[Summit Township, Jackson County, Michigan]].}}
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|official_name            = Summit Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|map_caption              = Location within [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]]

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

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|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Donald Kelly
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Mary Bedker
|established_title        = Organized
|established_date         = 1860

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|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_cousubs_26.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=September 8, 2023}}</ref>
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 995
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|population_density_sq_mi = 77.7

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|elevation_m              = 204
|elevation_ft             = 669
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 49431 ([[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]])<br>49449 ([[Pentwater, Michigan|Pentwater]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 231|231]]
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|blank_info               = 26-105-77220<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>
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|website                  = {{URL|summittownship.org}}
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'''Summit Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Mason County, Michigan|Mason County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 995 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History==
The township was organized in 1860.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43JOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ekADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5045%2C2177678 | title=Farm Bureau Shows History of County By Parade at Fairgrounds | work=Ludington Daily News | date=August 28, 1937 | access-date=3 May 2015 | pages=8}}</ref> Some say Summit Township was named from its lofty elevation, while others believe it was named from the optimistic spirit of its organizers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z8NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C2546788 | title=Focus on our history: How county was named | work=Ludington Daily News | date=October 3, 1987 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Summit Township is in southwestern Mason County, bordered to the south by [[Oceana County, Michigan|Oceana County]] and to the west by [[Lake Michigan]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|14.29|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|12.80|sqmi|km2|2}} are land and {{convert|1.49|sqmi|km2|2}}, or 10.43%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> Bass Lake is in the southern part of the township, and half of a large storage reservoir for the Ludington Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Plant is in the north.

[[U.S. Route 31]], a four-lane freeway, crosses the township from north to south, leading north to just east of [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]], the Mason [[county seat]], and south to [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]].

==Communities==
*'''Fairview''' is an unincorporated community in the township. It had a post office from 1860 until 1876.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=190}}

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,021 people, 398 households, and 308 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|79.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 790 housing units at an average density of {{convert|61.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.59% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.88% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.35% of the population.

There were 398 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $44,432, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $35,875 versus $23,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $20,335.  About 1.0% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 7.2% 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 |series=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|summittownship.org}}

{{Mason County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Mason County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]
[[Category:1860 establishments in Michigan]]