Editing Swan Creek Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Swan Creek Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| imagesize          = 
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| pushpin_label      = Swan Creek Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Swan Creek 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        = Phillip Schilling
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Tim Krzeszewski
| established_title  = Organized
| established_date   = 1860
<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 61.2
| area_land_km2      = 60.0
| area_water_km2     = 1.2
| area_total_sq_mi   = 23.6
| area_land_sq_mi    = 23.2
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.5

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2416
| 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        = 179
| elevation_ft       = 587
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|21|17|N|84|07|34|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48609 ([[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]])<br>48626 ([[Hemlock, Michigan|Hemlock]])<br>48655 ([[St. Charles, Michigan|St. Charles]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-77660<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        = 1627144<ref>{{gnis|1627144}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://swancreektwp.com/|Official website}}
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| name               = 
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'''Swan Creek Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,416 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Swan_Creek_township,_Saginaw_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2614577660 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

== Communities ==
* '''Garfield''' is an [[unincorporated community]] near the center of the township at Lakefield and Teft Roads ({{coord|43|21|05|N|84|08|02|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Garfield}}).<ref>{{gnis|1617577|Garfield, Michigan}}</ref><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> Garfield began as a logging settlement in about 1870 with the mills of L. Pennoyer and R. H. Nason. In 1879, Nason, along with Helen B. Allen and W. Husen, also built a salt block here. It was a station on the [[Michigan Central Railroad]], and was named for the nearby Garfield coal mine.<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>
* '''Orr''' is an unincorporated community in the township at Swan Creek and Orr Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617763|Orr, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from July 7, 1896, until October 14, 1904<ref>{{gnis|2558576|Orr Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
* '''Swan Creek''' is an unincorporated community on the border with [[James Township, Michigan|James Township]] at Swan Creek and Van Wormer Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617884|Swan Creek, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from July 15, 1869, until October 16, 1871, and from October 20, 1892, until September 15, 1927.<ref>{{gnis|2558474|Swan Creek Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|23.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|23.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi|km2}} (1.95%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,536 people, 957 households, and 756 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|109.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 984 housing units at an average density of {{convert|42.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 97.71% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.47% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.04% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.43% 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 2.33% of the population.

There were 957 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,887, and the median income for a family was $51,157. Males had a median income of $41,953 versus $24,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $23,129.  About 4.3% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% 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]]