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23-695: The township is named after the Michigan meridian , which comprises the eastern border of the township. The township contains the unincorporated communities of Haslett and Okemos . Bordering East Lansing to the west, Meridian Charter Township is the third-largest municipality within the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area . Meridian Township was first settled by pioneers in 1836. In November 1836, Obed Marshall purchased 180 acres (73 ha) of land near present-day Haslett . The earliest settlers located at Pine Lake (now Lake Lansing ) and made use of

46-483: A 7-member board of trustees comprising a township supervisor, clerk, treasurer and 4 trustees. In addition, the township employs a township manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the township, and who serves at the pleasure of the board. On the Ingham County Board of Commissioners, the township is split between the 13th, 14th, and 15th districts. In the Michigan legislature , the township lies in

69-429: A standardized methodology and set of questions. Per capita income is often used to measure a sector's average income and compare the wealth of different populations. Per capita income is also often used to measure a country's standard of living . When used to compare income levels of different countries, it is usually expressed using a commonly used international currency, such as the euro or United States dollar . It

92-590: Is determined using regular population surveys, such as the American Community Survey . This allows the calculation of per capita income for both the country as a whole and specific regions or demographic groups. However, comparing per capita income across different countries is often difficult, since methodologies, definitions and data quality can vary greatly. Since the 1990s, the OECD has conducted regular surveys among its 38 member countries using

115-630: Is located at 84 degrees, 21 minutes and 53 seconds west longitude. It forms the boundary between several counties in the state. The meridian was surveyed by Benjamin Hough in April 1815. The meridian was selected because it formed one of the principal boundary lines defined in the Treaty of Detroit in 1807, which was the first large cession of land by Native American peoples to the United States in

138-681: Is not fully continuous due to marshy areas (formerly the Chandler Marsh, since developed and managed) and the Looking Glass River . The Michigan meridian forms the boundary between several counties in Michigan: Lenawee and Hillsdale ; Shiawassee and Clinton ; Saginaw and Gratiot ; Ogemaw and Roscommon ; Oscoda and Crawford ; Montmorency and Otsego ; and a portion of the boundary between Chippewa and Mackinac . U.S. Highway 127 approximately follows

161-471: The 73rd and 75th state house districts, and the 28th state senate district. At the federal level, the township is included within Michigan's 7th congressional district . Michigan meridian The Michigan meridian is the principal meridian (or north–south line) used as a reference in the Michigan Survey , the survey of the U.S. state of Michigan in the early 19th century. It

184-677: The Michigan Territory . In that treaty, the boundary line was described as running due north from the mouth of the Auglaize River on the Maumee River , which was the site of Fort Defiance (now Defiance, Ohio ). Michigan's baseline , which today forms the northern border of Wayne , Washtenaw and other counties, was surveyed at the same time by Alexander Holmes, and intended to be exactly 78 miles (125.53 km) north of Fort Defiance. Although regulations governing

207-722: The civil townships formed from these survey townships were given additional sections of land from adjacent townships, as for example, White Pigeon Township in St. Joseph County and Three Oaks Township and New Buffalo Township in Berrien County . Some others of these smaller townships were merged into adjoining townships, as in Porter Township in Cass County . Similarly, many of the civil townships in Michigan along

230-541: The Michigan Legislature changed the name of the village officially to Okemos to honor the old chief. The Township is rich with history and one resident, Joseph Kilbourne, had a major role in the decision in 1847 to relocate the state capitol from Detroit to Lansing (then Lansing Township). A local organization, the Friends of Historic Meridian, has an archive of local historic information and also maintains

253-571: The Michigan meridian and Michigan baseline because at the time they were surveyed, the area was considered to be a part of the Michigan Territory . A 10-mile-wide (16 km) strip of land was given to Indiana when it became a state in 1816. Since this land had not been surveyed, the Indiana portion was surveyed with the rest of Indiana. However, in Michigan, the southernmost tier of townships are truncated. The townships were surveyed and sections numbered as if they were in whole townships, except that

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276-472: The Ohio border have somewhat more or less than the standard 36 square miles. 42°25′28″N 84°21′53″W  /  42.42444°N 84.36472°W  / 42.42444; -84.36472 Per capita income Per capita income ( PCI ) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income

299-685: The U.S. Public Land Survey System would later specify that the baseline should be a true parallel of latitude , this was not the case in earlier surveys, including the Michigan survey. Some roadways were laid out for both survey lines, but there was no intersecting of roadways coinciding with the intersecting of survey lines. Several segments of the Michigan Meridian correspond with a road bearing its namesake Meridian Road . A section of Meridian Road exists in Meridian Township and runs through most of Ingham and Clinton counties, but

322-458: The Village of Haslett is located at the south side of Lake Lansing. The first settlers near the current Village of Okemos (to the south of the former Pine Lake) were Sanford Marsh and his wife who built their cabin in 1839. They were soon followed by Joseph Kilbourne, who took out land for his brother-in-law, Freeman Bray. It was Bray who platted out the southeast corner of his land and sold

345-400: The average family size was 2.99. In the township the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. The median income for a household in

368-601: The historic buildings in the Meridian Historical Village. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 31.57 square miles (81.8 km), of which 30.49 square miles (79.0 km) is land and 1.08 square miles (2.8 km) (3.42%) is water. The Red Cedar River flows through the township. As of the census of 2000, there were 39,116 people, 16,414 households, and 9,782 families residing in

391-473: The lots to newcomers traveling into the mid-state wilderness. The village was first known as Hamilton. A post-office called Sanford was established in the spring of 1840. Joseph H. Kilbourne was the first postmaster. A local Native American, Chief John Okemos, was well known throughout the area. The village area was one of his primary camping areas and he traveled frequently between the village and another campsite near present-day Portland, Michigan. In 1857,

414-637: The meridian from the Ohio border into Jackson . In Okemos , there is a historical village of Meridian located on the line. Both it and Okemos are within Meridian Township , State highways M-30 in Midland and Gladwin counties, and M-129 in Chippewa and Mackinac counties are known as Meridian Road as well. In the area of Ohio known as the Toledo Strip , the townships are numbered from

437-476: The numerous stands of pines to build their cabin. The lake was later the site of a Spiritualist Meeting Camp led by John Haslett. During the late 19th century, the lake became known as a local vacation area served by an "interurban trolley" which ran from the City of Lansing to the resort on the south side of the lake. An amusement park was introduced and enjoyed immense popularity into the mid-20th century. Currently,

460-409: The population. There were 16,414 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and

483-412: The southernmost survey townships were only 6 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9.7 km × 5.6 km) instead of the usual 6 by 6 miles (9.7 km × 9.7 km) square (36 sq mi or 93 km ). Sections 19–24 in each township were chopped approximately in half, while sections 25–36 simply do not exist for these survey townships. To compensate for the smaller size, some of

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506-498: The township was $ 55,203, and the median income for a family was $ 80,114. Males had a median income of $ 55,705 versus $ 39,306 for females. The per capita income for the township was $ 32,190. About 4.3% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. Meridian Township is governed under the Charter Township Act, which prescribes

529-437: The township. The population density was 1,261.2 inhabitants per square mile (487.0/km). There were 17,120 housing units at an average density of 552.0 per square mile (213.1/km). The racial makeup of the township was 86.36% White , 4.05% African American , 0.32% Native American , 6.51% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.69% from other races , and 2.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of

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