Butterfield Township, Michigan
Butterfield Township, Michigan Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 44°17′53″N 84°55′15″W / 44.29806, -84.92083
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Missaukee
Area
- Total	36. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The boundaries of the 83 counties in the US state of Michigan have not changed substantially since 1897. Missaukee County is a county in the US state of Michigan. It is part of the Cadillac Michigan Micropolitan Statistical Area. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 0 sq mi (93. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 km²)
- Land	35. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi (92. 7 km²)
- Water	0. 2 sq mi (0. 4 km²)
Elevation	1,132 ft (345 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	548
- Density	15. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/sq mi (5. 9/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	26-12200[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626015[2]

Butterfield Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout A civil township is a widely used unit of Local government in the United States, subordinate to a county. Missaukee County is a county in the US state of Michigan. It is part of the Cadillac Michigan Micropolitan Statistical Area. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 548.

Communities

• Butterfield is a small unincorporated community in the southeast portion of the township at 44°16′40″N 84°57′12″W / 44.27778, -84.95333^[3]. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. It is approximately three and a half miles south of Merritt on County Road 565. It is the eastern terminus of County Road 584.
• Merritt is a small unincorporated community in the northern part of the township on County Road 565 just south of M-55 at 44°19′47″N 84°56′41″W / 44.32972, -84.94472^[4]. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Route description M-55 is one of only three state highways that extend across the Lower Peninsula in the U The ZIP code is 49667, which covers most of the northern portion of Butterfield Township and nearly all of Enterprise Township to the north and small portions of Norwich Township (north of Enterprise) and Aetna Township to the west of Butterfield^[5]. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS Enterprise Township is a Civil township of Missaukee County in the U Norwich Township is a Civil township of Missaukee County in the U Aetna Township is a Civil township of Missaukee County in the U The community was founded by Charles Bert Merritt in 1908 and named for him by railroad surveyors^[6].
• In the 1920s, both Butterfield and Merritt were on the route of M-74^[7]. M-74 was the designation of a state trunkline route in the US

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 0 square miles (93. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 km²), of which, 35. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 square miles (92. 7 km²) of it is land and 0. 2 square miles (0. 4 km²) of it (0. 44%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 548 people, 211 households, and 155 families residing in the township. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 15. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3 per square mile (5. 9/km²). There were 388 housing units at an average density of 10. 8/sq mi (4. 2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97. 63% White, 0. 18% African American, 0. 55% Native American, 0. 18% Asian, and 1. 46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 18% of the population.

There were 211 households out of which 31. 3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59. 7% were married couples living together, 10. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26. 5% were non-families. 21. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 1% 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 2. 97.

In the township the population was spread out with 25. 2% under the age of 18, 7. 8% from 18 to 24, 27. 7% from 25 to 44, 25. 9% from 45 to 64, and 13. 3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98. 6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101. 0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $37,188, and the median income for a family was $40,357. Males had a median income of $27,375 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,993. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 7. 1% of families and 8. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 7. 0% of those age 65 or over.

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