Editing Vevay Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Vevay Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = Vevay Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]]

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

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
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| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = John Lazet
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = JoAnne Kean
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1836
| established_title1 = Organized
| established_date1  = 1838

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| area_total_km2     = 81.95
| area_land_km2      = 81.74
| area_water_km2     = 0.21
| area_total_sq_mi   = 31.64
| area_land_sq_mi    = 31.56
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.08

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| population_total   = 3606
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| utc_offset         = -5
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| elevation_m        = 276
| elevation_ft       = 906
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|33|03|N|84|25|34|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48854 ([[Mason, Michigan|Mason]])<br>49251 ([[Leslie, Michigan|Leslie]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-82220<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        = 1627198<ref>{{gnis|1627198}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.vevaytownship.org/|Official website}}
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'''Vevay Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 3,606 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Vevay_township,_Ingham_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2606582220 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>  The township is part of the [[Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]] and mostly surrounds the city of [[Mason, Michigan|Mason]], but the two are administered autonomously.

==History==
The area was first surveyed as early as 1824, and the current eastern boundary of the township is along the [[Michigan meridian]].  The township was first settled in 1836 by the Rolfe family.  The Michigan legislature approved the creation of Vevay Township from a portion of [[Aurelius Township, Michigan|Aurelius Township]] on March 6, 1838.  The township received its name from [[Vevay, Indiana]].  The village of [[Mason, Michigan|Mason]] was part of Vevay Township until it incorporated as a city in 1875.  Since then, the city has annexed portions of Vevay Township.<ref name=HIST>{{cite web|last=Vevay Township|url=http://www.vevaytownship.org/index.php/township-government/74-2/|title=Vevay Township: Our History|date=2021|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>

The [[Michigan Central Railroad|Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad]] ran a railway line through the township beginning in 1844 and had two station along the route—one as Mason Centre and another at Eden.  The Eden post office opened in 1843 and operated until it was discontinued in 1971.<ref>{{GNIS|2634303|Eden Post Office (historical)}}</ref>  The first township hall was a wood structure built as early as 1890.  The current township hall was opened in 1978.<ref name=HIST/>

==Communities==
*'''Columbia''' is a former settlement first settled in 1837.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=127}}
*'''Eden''' is an unincorporated community in the township.  It was first settled in 1843.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=175}}<ref>{{GNIS|625348|Eden}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|31.64|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|31.56|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqmi|km2}} (0.25%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |access-date=January 9, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=25 Michigan }}</ref>

[[Sycamore Creek (Michigan)|Sycamore Creek]] flows northward through the township.<ref>[http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed 2015-09-23</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,614 people, 1,264 households, and 1,054 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|112.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,309 housing units at an average density of {{convert|40.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.02% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.05% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.02% of the population.

There were 1,264 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $56,324, and the median income for a family was $62,725. Males had a median income of $41,250 versus $31,071 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $21,488.  About 2.3% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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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 |work=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==
*[http://www.vevaytownship.org/ Official website]

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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 1838]]
[[Category:1838 establishments in Michigan]]