Editing Waterloo Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Waterloo Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Waterloo Township Michigan Farm Museum.JPG
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Waterloo Farm Museum on Waterloo Munith Rd.
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Waterloo Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Waterloo Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]]

<!-- 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  = [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Douglas Lance
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Janice Kitley
| 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   = 49.54
| area_land_sq_mi    = 47.62
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.92

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2931
| population_density_km2 = 
| 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        = 281
| elevation_ft       = 922
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|20|39|N|84|12|04|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49240 ([[Grass Lake, Michigan|Grass Lake]])<br>49259 ([[Munith, Michigan|Munith]])<br>49285 ([[Stockbridge, Michigan|Stockbridge]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 517|517]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-84300<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        = 1627219<ref>{{gnis|1627219}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.waterlootwpmi.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Waterloo Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Jackson County, Michigan|Jackson County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,931 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Waterloo_township,_Jackson_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2607584300 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
Waterloo is an unincorporated community in the east part of the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|49.54|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|47.62|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|1.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (3.88%) 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 |accessdate=May 1, 2020 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=27 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

The township occupies the northeast corner of Jackson County, bordered to the north by [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham]] and [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]] counties, and to the east by [[Washtenaw County, Michigan|Washtenaw County]]. It is {{convert|17|mi}} northeast of [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]], the [[county seat]].  The Portage River, a tributary of the [[Grand River (Michigan)|Grand River]], rises at the outlet of Mud Lake in the unincorporated community of Waterloo and flows west across the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,069 people, 1,083 households, and 836 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|64.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,383 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 95.50% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.87% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.42% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.72% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.72% of the population.

There were 1,083 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $55,119, and the median income for a family was $57,351. Males had a median income of $44,306 versus $26,349 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $22,609.  About 4.6% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Notable individuals==
Notable individuals that have lived in Waterloo Township include:

*[[John Knauf]], [[justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite web |title=John Knauf |url=https://www.ndcourts.gov/john-knauf |website=www.ndcourts.gov |access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://waterlootwpmi.com/ Waterloo Township official website]

{{Jackson County, Michigan}}

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