Temperance is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 9,188 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located within Bedford Township. The community was established as early as 1859. The Temperance 48182 ZIP Code serves most of Bedford Township outside of the Lambertville area, as well as portions of western Erie Township, southern Ida Township, and northeast Whiteford Township.

History

Temperance was established as Bedford Center in 1859. On December 8, 1884, a post office was established at Bedford Center and was named Temperance with Lewis Ansted as the first postmaster. The name "Temperance" was suggested by the wife of one of the founding land owners, who was a member of the

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. A petition was circulated and the name Bedford Center was changed to Temperance. During the early years of Temperance, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.68%) is water.

Climate

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,757 people, 2,857 households, and 2,177 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,953 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.10%

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, 0.19%

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, 0.14% Native American, 0.53%

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, 0.01%

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, 0.40% from

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, and 0.62% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.93% of the population. There were 2,857 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% were

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living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.11. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males. The

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for a household in the CDP was $61,090, and the median income for a family was $70,230. Males had a median income of $51,182 versus $30,233 for females. The

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for the CDP was $24,237. About 2.3% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the

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, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Harry Bidwell Ansted, pastor and educator *

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, former NFL linebacker *

Bob Loga Robert John "Bob" Loga (1940 – April 27, 1996) was an American stock car racing official, and was the president of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) between 1990 and 1996. Career A resident of Temperance, Michigan, Loga joined AR ...

, stock car driver *

Norm Shinkle Norman D. "Norm" Shinkle (born 1950) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and was a member of the Michigan Board of Canvassers. Biography Shinkle holds a BA from Michigan State ...

, former member of the

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Education

St. Anthony School of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit The Archdiocese of Detroit ( la, Archidiœcesis Detroitensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church covering the Michigan counties of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer, Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb, M ...

was in Temperance. It opened in 1944.

References

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