Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan
	Census-designated place
	Cottage near Lake Michigan in Shorewood Hills, c. 1950
	; Location of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan
	Coordinates: 41°53′11″N86°37′4″W / 41.88639°N 86.61778°W Coordinates: 41°53′11″N86°37′4″W / 41.88639°N 86.61778°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Berrien
Area
• Total	4.6 sq mi (11.8 km2)
• Land	4.5 sq mi (11.7 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,344
• Density	297/sq mi (114.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	26-73730 [1]

Last updated February 22, 2019

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert is a census-designated place (CDP) composed of several small unincorporated communities in Chikaming Township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,344 at the 2010 census.^[2] The CDP is limited to Chikaming Township, although some of the communities extend into southern Lake Township. All of the communities are located either upon or just east of the dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan. Most of the communities lie west of Interstate 94, although the CDP includes a small area east of the freeway up to Sawyer.

A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, towns, and villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated small community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, colonias located along the U.S. border with Mexico, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs.

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Chikaming Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 3,100. The township is located in the west central portion of the county. Lake Michigan lies to the northwest, Lake Township is to the north and northeast, Weesaw Township is to the east, Three Oaks Township is to the south, and New Buffalo Township is to the southwest.

Communities

Bethany Beach is at 41°53′29″N86°37′05″W / 41.89139°N 86.61806°W / 41.89139; -86.61806 . The FIPS place code is 08040. Bethany Beach is a Christian Swedish community primarily made up of summer cottages. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan. The community was named after Bethany, a place mentioned in the Bible.^[3]
Birchwood is at 41°52′53″N86°37′43″W / 41.88139°N 86.62861°W / 41.88139; -86.62861 . The FIPS place code is 08580.
Harbert is at 41°52′19″N86°37′44″W / 41.87194°N 86.62889°W / 41.87194; -86.62889 . The ZIP code is 49115 and the FIPS place code is 36440. It was once the home of poet Carl Sandburg.
Hazelhurst is at 41°52′42″N86°37′43″W / 41.87833°N 86.62861°W / 41.87833; -86.62861 . The FIPS place code is 37395. Hazelhurst Camp is a private cottage community founded and operated by the Prairie Club - a non-profit volunteer organization that was established in Chicago in 1908, to promote outdoor recreation and conservation. The camp includes 94 cottages on 60 acres (24 ha), and over 600 feet (180 m) of Lake Michigan waterfront.
Sawyer is at 41°53′07″N86°35′22″W / 41.88528°N 86.58944°W / 41.88528; -86.58944 . The ZIP code is 49125 and the FIPS place code is 71760. The elevation is 654 feet (199 m) above sea level. The unincorporated village is named for Silas Sawyer, an early resident.
Shorewood Hills is at 41°53′45″N86°36′57″W / 41.89583°N 86.61583°W / 41.89583; -86.61583 . The FIPS place code is 73700. Shorewood Hills was first called Bethany Hills Country Club, and started in the early 1920s as a derivative offshoot Swedish summer community from Bethany Beach. It since has developed a core group of homestead residences, but the emphasis is oriented as a second-home beach community along Lake Michigan in the barrier dunes. Besides the beachfront, its other features are its mesophytic forest with four co-dominant species, including both northern hemlock and southern tulip trees, an ample population of trillium seen in spring, and Deer Creek which winds its way through a common ravine area out to the lake.
Tower Hill Shorelands is at 41°54′06″N86°36′39″W / 41.90167°N 86.61083°W / 41.90167; -86.61083 . The FIPS place code is 80230. Situated between Shorewood Hills and Warren Dunes State Park, this is a small lakefront duneland community.

Christian usually refers to:

Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920). He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life", and at his death in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson observed that "Carl Sandburg was more than the voice of America, more than the poet of its strength and genius. He was America."

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States. As of the 2017 census-estimate, it has a population of 2,716,450, which makes it the most populous city in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, and the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, which is often referred to as "Chicagoland." The Chicago metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, the fourth largest in North America, and the third largest metropolitan area in the world by land area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.8 km²), of which 4.5 square miles (11.7 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 0.71%, is water.^[2]

The United States Census Bureau is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States.

Demographics

As of the census ^[1] of 2000, there were 1,619 people, 725 households, and 484 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 356.9 per square mile (137.7/km²). There were 1,519 housing units at an average density of 334.8 per square mile (129.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.10% White, 0.86% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.24% of the population.

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square.

There were 725 households out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.73.

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity. The definition of marriage varies around the world not only between cultures and between religions, but also throughout the history of any given culture and religion, evolving to both expand and constrict in who and what is encompassed, but typically it is principally an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. When defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal. A marriage ceremony is known as a wedding.

In the CDP, the population was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 24.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,708, and the median income for a family was $52,917. Males had a median income of $44,402 versus $25,057 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $36,219. About 2.6% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.

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References

1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP, Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
↑ "Origins - Old Place Names". Berrien County Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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[GR2-1] 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[Census_2010-2] 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert CDP, Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

[3] "Origins - Old Place Names". Berrien County Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Berrien County, Michigan, United States
County seat: St. Joseph
Cities	Benton Harbor Bridgman Buchanan Coloma New Buffalo Niles‡ St. Joseph Watervliet	Map of Michigan highlighting Berrien County
Villages	Baroda Berrien Springs Eau Claire Galien Grand Beach Michiana Shoreham Stevensville Three Oaks
Charter townships	Benton Coloma Lake Lincoln Niles Oronoko St. Joseph Watervliet
General law townships	Bainbridge Baroda Berrien Bertrand Buchanan Chikaming Galien Hagar New Buffalo Pipestone Royalton Sodus Three Oaks Weesaw
CDPs	Benton Heights Fair Plain Lake Michigan Beach New Troy Paw Paw Lake Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Other unincorporated communities	Avery Bakertown Berrien Center Dayton Buckhorn Glendora Harbert Hinchman Lakeside Millburg Riverside Sawyer Scottdale Shorewood Hills Union Pier
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan
Census-designated place
Cottage near Lake Michigan in Shorewood Hills, c. 1950
Location of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, Michigan
Coordinates: 41°53′11″N86°37′4″W / 41.88639°N 86.61778°W / 41.88639; -86.61778 Coordinates: 41°53′11″N86°37′4″W / 41.88639°N 86.61778°W / 41.88639; -86.61778
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Berrien
Area
• Total	4.6 sq mi (11.8 km²)
• Land	4.5 sq mi (11.7 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,344
• Density	297/sq mi (114.7/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	26-73730^[1]