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Greenwood Township, Oceana County, Michigan

Field	Value
official_name	Greenwood Township, Michigan
settlement_type	Township
image_seal
motto
map_caption1
pushpin_map	Michigan#USA
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Michigan
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name1	Michigan
subdivision_name2	Oceana
established_date
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	93.2
area_total_sq_mi	36.0
area_land_km2	92.7
area_land_sq_mi	35.8
area_water_km2	0.4
area_water_sq_mi	0.2
elevation_m	212
elevation_ft	696
population_total	1156
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
footnotes
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	26-35160
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1626403

Greenwood Township is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,156.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 sqmi, of which, 35.8 sqmi of it is land and 0.2 sqmi of it (0.44%) is water.

History

Greenwood Township was established in 1858.

Communities

Forest City is an unincorporated community first settled in 1855. It had a post office from 1859 until 1975.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,154 people, 392 households, and 310 families residing in the township. The population density was 32.2 PD/sqmi. There were 461 housing units at an average density of 12.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 96.01% White, 0.09% African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 1.82% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.60% of the population.

There were 392 households, out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.2% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $36,964, and the median income for a family was $40,729. Males had a median income of $31,793 versus $21,818 for females. The per capita income for the township was $13,910. About 15.2% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.8% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

Notes

Sources

References

"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{gnis. 1626403
"Explore Census Data".

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