Maple Valley Township, Sanilac County, Michigan

There is also Maple Valley Township, Montcalm County, Michigan.

Maple Valley Township, Michigan
Township
Maple Valley Township, Michigan Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 43°11′35″N 82°56′2″W / 43.19306°N 82.93389°W / 43.19306; -82.93389Coordinates: 43°11′35″N 82°56′2″W / 43.19306°N 82.93389°W / 43.19306; -82.93389
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Sanilac
Area
• Total	34.5 sq mi (89.4 km²)
• Land	34.5 sq mi (89.4 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,114
• Density	32.3/sq mi (12.5/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	26-51380^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626681^[2]

Maple Valley Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,114 at the 2000 census.

Communities

Valley Center is an unincorporated community in the Township at Shephard and Galbraith Line Roads (431106N 0825507W; Elevation: 801 ft./244 m.).^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89.4 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 1,114 people, 378 households, and 306 families residing in the township. The population density was 32.3 per square mile (12.5/km²). There were 405 housing units at an average density of 11.7 per square mile (4.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.92% White, 0.09% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.33% of the population.

There were 378 households out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the township the population was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 107.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,058, and the median income for a family was $43,452. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,418. About 7.0% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

Municipalities and communities of Sanilac County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Sandusky

Cities	Brown City‡ Croswell Marlette Sandusky

Villages	Applegate Carsonville Deckerville Forestville Lexington Melvin Minden City Peck Port Sanilac

Townships	Argyle Austin Bridgehampton Buel Custer Delaware Elk Elmer Evergreen Flynn Forester Fremont Greenleaf Lamotte Lexington Maple Valley Marion Marlette Minden Moore Sanilac Speaker Washington Watertown Wheatland Worth

CDP	Snover

Other unincorporated communities	Amadore Argyle Austin Center Birch Beach Blue Water Beach Cash Charleston Cumber Decker Downington Elmer Freidberger Great Lakes Beach Huronia Heights Juhl Laing Lexington Heights McGregor Palms Richmondville Tyre

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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