Greendale Township is a
civil township
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of
Midland County in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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. As of the
2020 census, the township population was 1,731.
History
In 1875 Col. William L. Sterns and other men from
Berea, Ohio
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, platted a place in the township called "Central City". The effort to form this city failed and the area is now known as Oil City.
Communities
*Oil City is an unincorporated community in the township centered at the junction of
M-20 (Isabella Road) and Coleman Road near the
Chippewa River at .
The name comes from the
oil refineries
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around the area, which arose during an oil boom in the 1920s.
Geography
The township is in western Midland County, bordered to the west by
Isabella County. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.94%, are water.
The
Chippewa River, a tributary of the
Tittabawassee River
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and part of the
Saginaw River
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watershed, flows from west to east across the township.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,788 people, 616 households, and 482 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 646 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.81%
White
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, 0.28%
African American
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, 1.45%
Native American, 0.28%
Asian, 0.62% from
other races, and 1.57% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.
There were 616 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were
married couples
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living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% 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 3.24.
In the township the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $33,587, and the median income for a family was $36,776. Males had a median income of $32,000 versus $21,250 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the township was $14,522. About 10.3% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 18.7% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Townships in Midland County, Michigan
Townships in Michigan
1882 establishments in Michigan
Populated places established in 1882