Editing Watson Township, Michigan

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| official_name      = Watson Township, Michigan
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan]]

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| area_total_km2     = 93.5
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| population_total   = 2176
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| elevation_m        = 231
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'''Watson Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,176 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web |title=Watson township, Allegan County, Michigan - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Watson_township,_Allegan_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2600584580 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|93.5|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|91.6|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.9|km2|disp=flip}}, or 2.04%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600584580| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212145719/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2600584580| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Watson township, Allegan County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 10, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
On April 14, 1871, a post office named West Watson was established in the western part of Watson Township. On October 2 of that year, the post office was renamed Abronia. This post office operated until June 30, 1902.<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>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,086 people, 694 households, and 567 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|58.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 748 housing units at an average density of 21.1 per square mile (8.2/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 98.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.67% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.14% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.53% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.48% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.49% of the population.

There were 694 households, out of which 41.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 13.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,070, and the median income for a family was $51,591. Males had a median income of $36,591 versus $28,063 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,095.  About 5.8% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.watsontownship.org/ Watson Township official website]

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