Scio Township, Michigan

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Coordinates: 42°18′12″N 83°50′10″W / 42.30333, -83.83611
Scio Township, Michigan
Scio Township, Michigan Location within the state of Michigan
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Washtenaw
Area
- Total	34.3 sq mi (88.8 km²)
- Land	34.0 sq mi (88.1 km²)
- Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
Elevation	873 ft (266 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	15,759
- Density	463.0/sq mi (178.8/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	48130
Area code(s)	734
FIPS code	26-71940^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627050^[2]

Scio Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 15,759. The township is west of Ann Arbor, with the city having annexed a portion of the township.

1 Communities
2 History
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Communities

Delhi Mills is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of the township on the Huron River.^[3]
Dexter is a village in the northwest corner of the township, also on the Huron River.
Scio is the former site of an early community in the township on the Huron River about midway between Delhi Mills and Dexter. ^[4]
Sunward Cohousing was the first cohousing community to be established in Scio, followed by Great Oak Cohousing and Touchstone Cohousing

[edit] History

Samuel W. Foster bought a mill site on the Huron River at what is now Scio in 1835. The community was platted by Dr. Cyril Nichols from Vermont. A post office was established in 1835. The office was moved to Delhi Mills and renamed in February 1871, though the Scio office was re-established in September 1871. The community took its name, which means "I know" in Latin, from the township; however, early township records were destroyed by fire, and it is uncertain why that name was chosen. ^[5] There are at least two other origins suggested for the name. One, suggests it derives from the Greek island of Chios, and the other that was named after Scio, New York.[1]

Delhi Mills was platted as "Michigan Village" by Jacob Doremus in 1836, but was renamed Delhi. In 1842, Norman C. Goodale, known as the founder of Delhi Mills, acquired all the unsold lots. The Scio post office was transferred here in 1871 and operated until 1903. ^[5]

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.3 square miles (88.8 km²), of which, 34.0 square miles (88.1 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (0.76%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 15,759 people, 6,070 households, and 4,425 families residing in the township. The population density was 463.0 per square mile (178.8/km²). There were 6,338 housing units at an average density of 186.2/sq mi (71.9/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 89.53% White, 4.13% African American, 0.27% Native American, 3.70% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.53% of the population.

There were 6,070 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the township the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $73,705, and the median income for a family was $87,498. Males had a median income of $60,313 versus $38,000 for females. The per capita income for the township was $36,837. About 1.8% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.