Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan

Charter Township of Washington
Charter township
Charter Township of Washington Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°45′9″N 83°1′56″W / 42.75250°N 83.03222°W / 42.75250; -83.03222Coordinates: 42°45′9″N 83°1′56″W / 42.75250°N 83.03222°W / 42.75250; -83.03222
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Macomb
Government
• Type	Supervisor-Council
• Supervisor	Dan O'Leary
Area
• Total	36.8 sq mi (95.3 km2)
• Land	35.9 sq mi (93.1 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2.2 km2)
Elevation	781 ft (238 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	25,139
• Density	530.7/sq mi (204.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	48094-48095
Area code(s)	586, 248
FIPS code	26-84120[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627216[2]
Website	washingtontownship.org

Washington Charter Township is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,139 at the 2010 census. Washington Township is bordered by the village of Romeo as well as Ray Township, Shelby Township, and Oakland Township.

Communities

• Clifton Mills is an unincorporated community near the intersection of 31 Mile Rd. and Mt. Vernon Rd. (42°47′06″N 83°05′10″W / 42.78500°N 83.08611°W / 42.78500; -83.08611 ;Elevation: 853 ft./260 m.).^[3]
• Mount Vernon is an unincorporated community in the southwest portion of the township at Mt. Vernon and 28 Mile Roads (42°44′31″N 83°05′13″W / 42.74194°N 83.08694°W / 42.74194; -83.08694 ;Elevation: 830 ft./253 m.).^[4]
• Romeo is a village in the northeast corner of the township. Most of the village is in adjacent Bruce Township.
• Washington is an unincorporated community in the south central portion of the township just west of M-53 at 42°43′28″N 83°02′10″W / 42.72444°N 83.03611°W / 42.72444; -83.03611.^[5] Located at the intersection of West Rd. and VanDyke Ave.
• Crystal Creek North is a new development that is located off of Mound Road between 28 and 29 Mile Road. This is the second development, with the first being Crystal Creek located off of Mound just North of 26 Mile Road

History

Westview Orchards was founded in what is now Washington Township in 1813.^[6]

Washington Township was organized in 1827.^[7] It is home to the historic Octagon House, built by Loren Andrus from 1858-1860.^[8]

Government

The Township has a Supervisor-Board style township government with elected supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees. School district serving the Township residents are Romeo Community Schools and Utica Community Schools and Rochester Schools from Oakland County.^[9]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.8 square miles (95.3 km²), of which 36.0 square miles (93.1 km²) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.2 km²) (2.34%) is water.

	Addison Township Oakland County	Bruce Township Romeo	Armada Township
	Oakland Township Oakland County		Ray Township
		Washington Township
	Rochester Hills Oakland County	Shelby Township	Macomb Township

Weather

Weather in Washington Township is similar to Detroit, generally being only a few degrees cooler allowing for more snow in the winter.

A notable weather event occurred on July 2, 1997 when, during the Michigan Tornado Outbreak, a EF0 tornado touched down at 26 mile Road and destroyed parts of the Rudgate trailer park community. Six people were injured during the events. ^[10]

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 19,080 people, 6,991 households, and 5,383 families residing in the township. The population density was 530.7 per square mile (204.9/km²). There were 7,317 housing units at an average density of 203.5 per square mile (78.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.23% White, 0.49% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.58% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.40% of the population.

There were 6,991 households out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the township the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $68,841, and the median income for a family was $78,988. Males had a median income of $60,721 versus $31,213 for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,740. About 2.8% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

• Charter Township of Washington

Municipalities and communities of Macomb County, Michigan, United States
County seat: Mt. Clemens
Cities	Center Line Eastpointe Grosse Pointe Shores‡ Fraser Memphis‡ Mount Clemens New Baltimore Richmond‡ Roseville St. Clair Shores Sterling Heights Utica Warren
Villages	Armada New Haven Romeo
Charter townships	Chesterfield Clinton Harrison Shelby Washington
General law townships	Armada Bruce Lenox Macomb Ray Richmond
Unincorporated community	Anchor Bay Gardens Anchor Bay Harbor Anchor Bay Shores Broad Acres Cady Chesterfield Chesterfield Shores Clifton Mill Clinton Davis Disco Lakeside Lottivue Macomb Meade Milton Mount Vernon Point Lakeview Preston Corners Ray Center Saint Clair Haven Saint Clair Shores Sebille Manor Shelby Waldenburg Washington Wolcott Mills Yates
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties