Raisin Charter Township is a

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of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 7,900 at the 2020 census.

Communities

*Birdsall is an

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located along M-52 on the western border of the township with Adrian Township at . *East Raisin is a former settlement located in the eastern portion of the township. It was first settled in 1825 by Noah Norton and soon grew when more settlers moved to the area. *Holloway is an unincorporated community located in the southeast portion of the township at . The community was founded in 1881 when the

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constructed a line through the area. It was originally named Butler after Butler Holloway, who was a real estate agent who first sold the lots of land. When a post office was established on July 19, 1881, there was already a

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post office in the state, so the name Holloway was used instead. The post office operated until May 25, 1962. *Raisin is a former settlement that contained its own post office from September 9, 1835, until March 22, 1855. Like the township and many other locations, it was named after the French word for grape, which were abundant in the area along the

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. *Raisin Center (or Raisin Centre) is an unincorporated community located in the center of the township at . When immigrants moved to the area in 1831, it became a prominent Quaker region. A post office opened here on June 9, 1868, and operated until November 29, 1902. The community once contained a station named Chase's when the

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built a line through the area in 1878.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.07%) is water. The

flows through the township.

Major highways

* runs along part of the western boundary of the township.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 6,507 people, 2,265 households and 1,845 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,347 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.00%

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, 0.54%

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, 0.43% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 1.54% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.81% of the population. There were 2,265 households, of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.5% were

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living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% 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 3.17. 28.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males. The

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was $57,088 and the median family income was $59,977. Males had a median income of $44,973 vand females $25,614. The

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was $21,703. About 1.9% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the

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, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The township is served by four separate public school districts. The majority of the township is served by Tecumseh Public Schools to the north in the city of

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. The southwest portion of the township is served by Adrian Public Schools. A small portion of the southeast corner is served by Blissfield Community Schools, while another very small portion in the southeast area of the township is served by

Britton Deerfield School District The Britton Deerfield School District is located within Lenawee County, Michigan and part of Monroe County. It covers most of Deerfield, Macon, and Ridgeway townships in Lenawee County, and parts of Dundee, Milan, and Summerfield towns ...

References

Sources

External links

Raisin Charter Township official website
{{Lenawee County, Michigan Townships in Lenawee County, Michigan Charter townships in Michigan 1826 establishments in Michigan Territory Populated places established in 1826