Georgetown Township, Michigan

Georgetown Township, Michigan
Charter township
Georgetown Charter Township
Unincorporated community of Jenison
Location within Ottawa County (red) and the administered CDP of Jenison (pink)
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Coordinates: 42°54′00″N85°49′46″W / 42.90000°N 85.82944°W / 42.90000; -85.82944
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Ottawa
Settled	1834
Established	1840 1965 (chartered)
Government [1]
• Supervisor	Jim Wierenga
•  Clerk	Ryan Kidd
Area
• Total	34.08 sq mi (88.27 km2)
• Land	33.17 sq mi (85.91 km2)
• Water	0.91 sq mi (2.36 km2)
Elevation	673 ft (205 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	54,091
• Density	1,630.7/sq mi (629.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49401 (Allendale) 49418 (Grandville) 49426 (Hudsonville) 49428, 49429 (Jenison)
Area code	616
FIPS code	26-31880 [2]
GNIS feature ID	1626346 [3]
Website	Official website

Georgetown Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 54,091 at the time of the 2020 census. The city of Hudsonville is adjacent to the township and the unincorporated community of Jenison is within the township, which includes about half the township's population.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.1 square miles (88 km²), of which 33.5 square miles (87 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (1.91%) is water.

History

European-American settlement of Georgetown Township was begun in 1834 by the brothers Hiram and Samuel Jenison. ^[4]

Demographics

At the 2020 census there were 54,091 people, 19,164 households, and 14,290 families living in the township. The population density was 1,631.1 inhabitants per square mile (629.8/km²). There were 19,878 housing units at an average density of 559.5 per square mile (216.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 90.45% White, 1.32% Black or African American, 0.24% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.48% Asian, 0.02% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.32% from some other race, and 5.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.30%. ^[5]

Of the 14,099 households 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 15.7% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.29.

The age distribution was 29.4% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.

The median household income was $58,936 and the median family income was $65,557. Males had a median income of $50,111 versus $28,894 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,323. About 1.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

• Jenison (unincorporated area)

Education

Jenison Public Schools operates public schools in the Jenison area. Hudsonville Public Schools operates public schools in the Hudsonville area.

Notable residents

• Glenn Duffie Shriver, American convicted of conspiracy to spy for China ^[6]

References

Notes

1. Michigan Townships Association (2024). "Georgetown Charter Township, Ottawa County, Michigan" . Retrieved October 31, 2024.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Georgetown Township, Michigan
4. Romig 1986, p. 221.
5. U.S. Census Bureau. "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS." Decennial Census, DEC Demographic Profile, Table DP1, 2020, https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=060XX00US2613931880&d=DEC_Demographic_Profile. Accessed on May 26, 2024.
6. Stein, Jeff. "CIA applicant's arrest tops wave of China spy cases." Washington Post . July 20, 2010. Retrieved on April 24, 2016.

Sources

• Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN   081431838X. ISBN   978-0814318386.

External links

• Georgetown Charter Township official website