Williamstown Township is a

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Ingham County Ingham County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 284,900. The county seat is Mason. Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, is largely located within the county. Lansing is the onl ...

in the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,286. The city of Williamston occupies the southeast corner of the township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Communities

*Africa was a section of Williamstown Township settled by the Webb family. They were vocal abolitionists, and other residents of the area called where they lived Africa. *Alverson was the name of a post office in Williamstown Township. Samuel Alverson was a large landowner, and he became the first postmaster with his home serving as the post office in September 1852. The office closed in October 1867 and reopened in June 1868 with William Alverson as postmaster. It closed again in November 1874 but was reopened again in December 1874 and operated until January 1896. * Haslett is an unincorporated community and

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(CDP) with a small portion of the CDP extending east into township. * Okemos is an unincorporated community and CDP with a small portion of the CDP extending east into the northern portion of the township.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.58%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,834 people, 1,692 households, and 1,416 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,732 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.56%

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, 0.62%

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, 0.19% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population. There were 1,692 households, out of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.9% were

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living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% 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 3.12. In the township the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $79,778, and the median income for a family was $86,169. Males had a median income of $54,647 versus $38,854 for females. The

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for the township was $30,710. About 1.4% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the

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, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Williamston Community Schools serve most of Williamstown Township. However, portions of the township are also served by Haslett Public Schools in the northwest,

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in the southwest, and Perry Public Schools in the northeast.

Highways

* runs east–west about one mile (1.6 km) south of the township's southern boundary. * run east–west through the southern portion of the township. * runs south–north about two miles (3.2 km) east of the township's eastern boundary.

References

Sources

External links

Official website
{{authority control Townships in Michigan Townships in Ingham County, Michigan Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area Populated places established in 1839 1839 establishments in Michigan