Williamstown Township, Michigan

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Williamstown Township, Michigan
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Michigan
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Ingham

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area_total_km2 = 76.3
area_land_km2 = 76.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 29.4
area_land_sq_mi = 29.4
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4834
population_density_km2 = 63.5
population_density_sq_mi = 164.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 42 |latm = 43 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 18 |longs = 39 |longEW = W

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Williamstown Township is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located directly to the east of East Lansing. The city of Williamston is at the southeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 4,834.

Politics and organization

The township hall is located on North Zimmer road at the corner with Germany road, at 4990 N Zimmer. Williamstown is a "general law" township with a supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees. The current Township Supervisor is Mickey Martin.

See the related article on Williamston, Michigan for additional history of the area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.4 square miles (76.2 km²), of which, 29.4 square miles (76.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.10%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 4,834 people, 1,692 households, and 1,416 families residing in the township. The population density was 164.3 per square mile (63.5/km²). There were 1,732 housing units at an average density of 58.9/sq mi (22.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.56% White, 0.62% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 1,692 households out of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.9% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the township the population was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $79,778, and the median income for a family was $86,169. Males had a median income of $54,647 versus $38,854 for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,710. About 1.4% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.williamstowntownship.com Williamstown Township, Ingham County, Michigan web site]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~miingham/Williamstown.html History of Williamstown]
* [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/ingham/Williamstown.html] Similar to the above, and from the same public domain book.
* [http://www.freewebs.com/ccoz Williamston Grand River/Zimmer Intersection]
* [http://www.cadl.org/new/williamston/branchinfo-williamston Williamston Branch of the Capital Area District Library]