Tallmadge Charter Township is a
charter township
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of
Ottawa County in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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. The population was 8,802 at the
2020 census.
Communities
*Finnasey was a rural post office in Tallmadge Township from 1882 until 1883.
*Lamont is a village on the north side of the
Grand River at . It was founded in 1833 by Harry and Zine Steele, and was known for many years as Steele's Landing. The Steele's Landing post office was established January 9, 1851. In the same year, the Steeles had the village
plat
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ted as "Middleville", due to being located midway between
Grand Rapids
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and
Grand Haven, although the post office remained Steele's Landing. In 1855 Lamont Chubb, of Grand Rapids, offered a road scraper to the village in exchange for the community taking on his name. The post office was duly renamed as Lamont on July 2, 1856.
The Lamont
ZIP code 49430 provide P.O. Box-only service.
*
Grand Valley is an unincorporated community on
M-45 just east of the Grand River.
*Tallmadge is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at .
* The city of
Coopersville is to the northwest, and the Coopersville ZIP code 49404 serves areas in the northwest part of Tallmadge Township.
*
Marne is a village along the northern boundary with
Wright Township. The Marne ZIP code 49435 also serves areas in the central part of Tallmadge Township.
* The city of
Walker is to the east, and the Walker/Grand Rapids ZIP code 49544 serves the eastern parts of Tallmadge Township.
49544 5-Digit ZCTA, 495 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census
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 1.76%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census
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White
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, 0.31% African American
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, 0.32% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.44% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.
There were 2,283 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples
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living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.32.
In the township the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $59,205, and the median income for a family was $65,086. Males had a median income of $45,847 versus $29,434 for females. The per capita income
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for the township was $23,957. About 3.4% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
Tallmadge Charter Township official website
{{Cities of Ottawa County, Michigan
Townships in Ottawa County, Michigan
Charter townships in Michigan