Cohoctah Township, Michigan

Cohoctah Township was first organized in 1838 with the name of Tuscola Township. It was renamed Bristol Township in 1857 and given its current name in 1867.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=124}} Boutell Cemetery and Sanford Cemetery are located in the township.[https://www.cohoctahtownship.org/cemetery Cohoctah Township: Cemeteries], accessed 31 December 2020.

Farming is the primary use of land, with only three small towns serving as population centers:

• Cohoctah is an unincorporated community in the northeast quadrant of the township at the junction of Oak Grove Road and Cohoctah Road.{{gnis|623544|Cohoctah, Michigan}} It started around a grain elevator in 1886 that is no longer in operation.Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 123
• Cohoctah Center is an unincorporated community, northwest of the center of Cohoctah Township.{{gnis|1623164|Cohoctah Center, Michigan}}
• Oak Grove is an unincorporated community about {{convert|6.5|mi}} north of Howell and about {{convert|4.25|mi}} south of Cohoctah, in the eastern part of Cohoctah Township.{{gnis|633813|Oak Grove, Michigan}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of {{convert|99.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|98.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|11.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 1.18%, are water.{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_26.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Michigan| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=March 12, 2020}} The township is drained to the north by the South Branch of the Shiawassee River, running near the eastern border of the township.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,394 people, 1,124 households, and 938 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|89.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,206 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.91% White, 0.06% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 1,124 households, out of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.5% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.30.

In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $57,500, and the median income for a family was $63,182. Males had a median income of $51,028 versus $27,750 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,582. About 1.9% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

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• {{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 0-8143-1838-X |location=Detroit, Michigan |id={{ISBN|978-0814318386}} }}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071009135536/http://www.co.livingston.mi.us/municipalities/cohoctah.htm Municipal Webpage]

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