Calvin Township is a
civil township
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of
Cass County in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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. The population was 2,037 at the
2010 census.
History
Calvin Township's first public school was built in 1834. Calvin Township was organized in 1835 and named for
Calvin Britain
Calvin Britain (December 31, 1800 – January 18, 1862) was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of the U. S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Britain was born in Jefferson County, New York. Britain came from New York to Michigan ...
who represented Cass County in the state legislature. Calvin Township along with Cass County generally was part of the
Underground Railroad
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. In 1850 Calvin Township's population was 25.3% African-American.
[Ernestine K. Enomoto and David L. Angus. "African American School Attendance in the 19th Century: Education in a Rural Northern Community, 1850-1880" in ''The Journal of Negro Education'', Vol. 64, No. 1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 42-51]
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.41%, is water.
Calvin Township is the location of the
Calvin Calvin may refer to:
Names
* Calvin (given name)
** Particularly Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
* Calvin (surname)
** Particularly John Calvin, theologian
Places
In the United States
* Calvin, Arkansas, a hamlet
* Calvi ...
impact crater
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.
Communities
*Brownsville began with a gristmill built by Pleasant Grubb in 1831. It was located at the lower end of Diamond Lake. It had a post office from 1854 until 1901.
*Calvin Center is an unincorporated community on the central part of the township. Located about 3.8 miles south of Diamond Lake, 4 miles south of Vandalia, 18 miles east of Niles, 17 miles west of Constantine, 5 miles north of
U.S. Route 12
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and is located on Calvin Center Rd. in the Cassopolis address area.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 2,041 people, 784 households, and 559 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 999 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 69.43%
White
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, 23.22%
African American
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, 0.54%
Native American, 0.69%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 1.08% from
other races
Other often refers to:
* Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy
Other or The Other may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack
* ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 5.05% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 2.50% of the population.
There were 784 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were
married couples
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living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the township the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $42,171, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $33,289 versus $25,472 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the township was $21,387. About 8.8% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 28.5% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Calvin Township official website
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Townships in Cass County, Michigan
South Bend – Mishawaka metropolitan area
1835 establishments in Michigan Territory
Townships in Michigan
Populated places on the Underground Railroad