Editing Westphalia Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Westphalia Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| pushpin_label      = Westphalia Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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| image_map          = Westphalia Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton County]] (red) and the administered village of [[Westphalia, Michigan|Westphalia]] (pink)

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Troy Thelen
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Heather Platte
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1836

<!-- Area -->| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 92.18
| area_land_km2      = 92.00
| area_water_km2     = 0.18
| area_total_sq_mi   = 35.59
| area_land_sq_mi    = 35.52
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.07

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2444
| 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        = 235
| elevation_ft       = 771
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|53|44|N|84|46|16|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48822 ([[Eagle, Michigan|Eagle]])<br>48835 ([[Fowler, Michigan|Fowler]])<br>48875 ([[Portland, Michigan|Portland]])<br>48894 ([[Westphalia, Michigan|Westphalia]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-86140<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        = 1627251<ref>{{gnis|1627251}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://westphaliatownship.org/|Official website}}
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}}
'''Westphalia Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township population was 2,444.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Westphalia_township,_Clinton_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2603786140 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The village of [[Westphalia, Michigan|Westphalia]] is located within the township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.59|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|35.52|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, (0.20%) 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=February 28, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=19 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

Westphalia Township is located in western Clinton County and is bordered by [[Ionia County, Michigan|Ionia County]] to the west.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,257 people, 778 households, and 628 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|63.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 790 housing units at an average density of 22.2 per square mile (8.6/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the township was 98.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.22% of the population.

There were 778 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the township the population was spread out, with 30.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $58,966, and the median income for a family was $61,993. Males had a median income of $46,094 versus $30,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,491.  About 2.5% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Daboll, Sherman B., assisted by Dean W. Kelley, [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=Westphalia;rgn=full%20text;idno=ARH7553.0001.001;didno=ARH7553.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000496 ''Past and present of Clinton County, Michigan'']. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906. pp.&nbsp;490–92

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[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Clinton County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1836]]
[[Category:1836 establishments in Michigan Territory]]