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Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. As of the 2000 census, the population was 436,141, with the 2007 Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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 estimate showing the population to have slightly fallen to 434,715. The county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 and population center is Flint
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
. It is the state's fifth most populous county.

as created on March 28, 1835 and fully organized on April 4, 1836. It was named after Genesee County, New York
Genesee County, New York

Genesee County is a county located in Western New York New York, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 60,370....
 by settlers from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
.






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Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. As of the 2000 census, the population was 436,141, with the 2007 Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 estimate showing the population to have slightly fallen to 434,715. The county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 and population center is Flint
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
. It is the state's fifth most populous county.

History

It was created on March 28, 1835 and fully organized on April 4, 1836. It was named after Genesee County, New York
Genesee County, New York

Genesee County is a county located in Western New York New York, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 60,370....
 by settlers from New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. Many local place names in the county are also from New York and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, reflecting the pattern of settlement. A major attraction for visitors is Crossroads Village, a living history village north of Flint.

Genesee County table/maps 1835
No Twp.No Twp.No Twp.
No Twp.GrandBlanc
No Twp.
No Twp.Township
No Twp. 

1836
Flint Flint Flint
Flint Flint Flint
Flint Flint Flint
No Twp. Grand Blanc Grand Blanc
Argentine Argentine
1837
Vienna Vienna Vienna
Flint Flint Flint
Flint Flint Flint
Mundy Mundy Grand Blanc
Argentine Argentine
1838
Vienna Vienna Vienna
Flushing Flint Genesee
Flint Flint Flint
Mundy Mundy Grand Blanc
Argentine Fenton
1839
Vienna Vienna Vienna
Flushing Flint Genesee
Kearsley
Kearsley Township, Michigan

The Township of Kearsley was a civil township in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan organized in 1839 from part of then Flint Township, Michigan....
Flint Flint Kearsley
Flint
Mundy Mundy Grand Blanc
Argentine Fenton
1842
Vienna Vienna Thetford
Flushing Flint Genesee
Kearsley
Flint Flint Kearsley
Flint
Gaines Mundy Grand Blanc
Argentine Fenton
1843
Vienna Vienna Thetford Forest
Flushing Flint Genesee Richfield
Flint Flint Flint Davison
Gaines Mundy Grand Blanc Atlas
Argentine Fenton
Eastern row of townships added from Lapeer County
Lapeer County, Michigan

Lapeer County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population was 87,904; a 2007 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 92,012....
 1846
Pewanagawink Vienna Thetford Forest
Flushing Flint Genesee Richfield
Clayton Flint Flint Davison
Gaines Mundy Grand Blanc Atlas
Argentine Fenton
1848
Montrose Vienna Thetford Forest
Flushing Flint Genesee Richfield
Clayton Flint Flint Davison
Gaines Mundy Grand Blanc Atlas
Argentine Fenton
1855
Montrose Vienna Thetford Forest
Flushing Mount Morris Genesee Richfield
Clayton Flint Village
Garland (Flint) 		Burton Davison
Gaines Mundy Grand Blanc Atlas
Argentine Fenton


Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 649 square miles (1,682 kmē), of which, 640 square miles (1,657 kmē) of it is land and 10 square miles (25 kmē) of it (1.49%) is water.

Most of the land in the county is very flat, but the southern end is hilly and covered by several lakes.

The county is mostly drained by the Flint River
Flint River (Michigan)

The Flint River is a river in southeast Michigan, 142 mi long, that flows through the city of Flint, Michigan....
, which is dam
Dam

A dam is a barrier that Reservoirs surface water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees, and Dike are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions....
med into Mott Lake and the Holloway Reservoir in the northeast corner of the county. The southeast corner and southern end are drained by the Shiawassee River
Shiawassee River

The Shiawassee River in the U.S. state of Michigan is approximately long and generally flows in a northerly direction. It merges together with the Flint River , the Cass River and the Tittabawassee River to become the Saginaw River which eventually drains into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron....
.

Adjacent counties


Major highways


Interstates

  • I 69
    I-69
    Interstate 69

    Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
  • I 75
    I-75
    Interstate 75

    Interstate 75 is a major north-south Interstate Highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. It travels from State Road 826 and State Road 924 in Hialeah, Florida, Florida to Sault Ste....
  • I 475
    I-475
    Interstate 475

    Interstate 475 may mean:*Interstate 475 , a bypass of Macon, Georgia*Interstate 475 , a loop through Flint, Michigan*Interstate 475 , a bypass of Toledo, Ohio...


US highways
  • Us 23
    US-23
    U.S. Route 23

    U.S. Route 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended....


Michigan State Trunklines
  • M 13
    M-13
    M-13 (Michigan highway)

    M-13 is a north-south highway that cuts through the bay region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The southern terminus is at Interstate 69 south of the town of Lennon, Michigan with its northern terminus located south of Standish, Michigan....
  • M 15
    M-15
    M-15 (Michigan highway)

    M-15 is a north-south highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. The southern terminus is a junction with U.S. Highway 24 just south of Clarkston, Michigan and Interstate 75 on the northwestern edge of the Detroit, Michigan Metro Detroit....
  • M 21
    M-21
    M-21 (Michigan highway)

    M-21 is an east-west highway in the U.S. state of Michigan connecting the cities of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Flint, Michigan. Due to the size and industrial importance of some of the cities through which it was built, it was a major highway....
  • M 54
    M-54
    M-54 (Michigan highway)

    M-54 is a Michigan highway system approximately long in the U.S. state of Michigan that bypasses the city of Flint, Michigan. It is named "Dort Highway" in much of its length, named after Flint's carriage and automobile pioneer Josiah Dallas Dort....
  • M 57
    M-57
    M-57 (Michigan highway)

    M-57 is an east-west state highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. The total length is . It serves to connect Greenville, Michigan with U.S. Route 131 on the west end and across to Clio on Interstate 75 in the Flint, Michigan area....


Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 436,141 people, 169,825 households, and 115,990 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 682 people per square mile (263/kmē). There were 183,630 housing units at an average density of 287 per square mile (111/kmē). The racial makeup of the county was 75.29% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 20.37% Black
Race (United States Census)

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 or African American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.55% Native American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.81% Asian
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.78% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.18% from two or more races. 2.33% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
 of any race. 14.8% were of German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
, 9.4% English
English people

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, 9.2% American
United States

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, 8.6% Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
 and 5.0% Polish
Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
 ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.7% spoke English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and 1.9% Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 as their first language.

There were 169,825 households out of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.40% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 16.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.40% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,951, and the median income for a family was $50,090. Males had a median income of $44,255 versus $27,418 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the county was $20,883. About 10.20% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.10% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Government


The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health
Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis....
 regulations and safeguards public health, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners
County commission

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in local government in some U.S. state of the United States....
 controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Genesee County elected officials

Executive Offices officeholder political party
Prosecuting Attorney
Prosecutor

The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the Civil law inquisitorial system....
 David Leyton Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
Sheriff
Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
 Robert J. Pickell Democrat
County Clerk
County clerk

The term "county clerk" has been commonly applied, in several English-speaking countries, to an official of a county government....
 Michael J. Carr Democrat
County Treasurer
Treasurer

In many governments, a treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury. Treasurers are also employed by organizations such as clubs to look after funds....
 Daniel T. Kildee Democrat
Register of Deeds Rose Bogardus Democrat
Drain Commissioner
Drain commissioner

A drain commissioner is an elected official in County of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. The power and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are second only to the county sheriff....
 & County Water Agent		 Jeffrey Wright Democrat
County Surveyor Kim R. Carlson Democrat


Board of Commissioners
District officeholder political party
1st Omar A. Sims Democrat
2nd Brenda Clack
Brenda Clack

Brenda Clack is an African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She is a Democrat and was until 2009 a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives....
 Democrat
3rd Jamie W. Curtis Democrat
4th John W. Northrup Democrat
5th Miles T. Gadola Republican
6th Patricia A. Lockwood Democrat
7th Archie H. Bailey Democrat
8th Ted Henry Democrat
9th Patrick F. Gleason Democrat
Circuit Court Judge
Division officeholder
Chief Judge
Civil/Criminal		 Archie L. Hayman
Chief Judge Pro-Tem
Civil/Criminal		 Richard B. Yuille
Family Duncan M. Beagle
Civil/Criminal Joseph J. Farah
Civil/Criminal Judith A. Fullerton
Family John A. Gadola
Civil/Criminal Geoffrey L. Neithercut
Family David J. Newblatt
Family Michael J. Theile
  • Probate Court Judges
  • Robert E. Weiss, Chief -- assigned to Family Division
  • Jennie E. Barkey


67th District
Division Judge
Fenton Court,
Chief Judge		 Mark McCabe
Mt. Morris Court
Chief Judge Pro Tem		 Larry Stecco
Davison Court John Conover
Flushing Court David Goggins
4th (Grand Blanc) Christopher R. Odette
Burton Court Richard Hughes
Genesee County except for the City of Flint is covered under the jurisdiction of the 67th District Court of Michigan. District Courts have a limited jurisdiction as charged under state law. 67th District Court operates in seven divisions, each with a single judge except for the Central Court Division, which is used for jury and felony cases.
Office District Officeholder political party
U.S. Representative 5th Dale E. Kildee
Dale E. Kildee

Dale Edward Kildee has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan since 1977, representing Michigan's 5th congressional district since 2003....
 Democrat
State Senator 26th Deborah Cherry
Deborah Cherry

Deb Cherry is a Democratic Party member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 26th District since 2002. Her district includes parts of Genesee County, Michigan and Oakland County, Michigan counties....
 Democrat
  27th John J. Gleason Democrat
State Representative 34th Woodrow Stanley
Woodrow Stanley

Woodrow Stanley is a politician from Michigan currently a Michigan House of Representatives from the Michigan's 34th state House district. He was a former mayor of Flint, Michigan that was Recall election from office in 2002....
 Democrat
 48thRichard E. HammelDemocrat
 49thLee Gonzales
Lee Gonzales

Lee Gonzales is a politician from the State of Michigan. He is a Democratic Party member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He represents the 49th District, which is located in Genesee County, Michigan and includes part of the city of Flint, Michigan....
Democrat
 50thJim SlezakDemocrat
 51stPaul Scott
Paul Scott

Paul Mark Scott was a United Kingdom novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet. His novel Staying On won the Booker Prize for 1977....
 Republican
Community College C.S. Mott Multiple; see article Non-partisan


Cities, villages and townships


Cities


  • Burton
    Burton, Michigan

    Burton is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint, Michigan. The population was 30,308 at the 2000 United States Census, making Burton the second largest city in Genesee County....
  • Fenton
    Fenton, Michigan

    Fenton is a city in Genesee County, Michigan, Livingston County, Michigan, and Oakland County, Michigan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 10,582....
  • Grand Blanc
    Grand Blanc, Michigan

    Grand Blanc is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint, Michigan. The population was 8,242 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Mount Morris
    Mount Morris, Michigan

    Mount Morris is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,194 at the 2000 United States Census. The city is adjacent to Mount Morris Township, Michigan, but is politically independent....
  • Clio
    Clio, Michigan

    Clio is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2000 United States Census, the city had a population of 2,483....
  • Flint
    Flint, Michigan

    Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
  • Linden
    Linden, Michigan

    Linden is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,861 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Swartz Creek
    Swartz Creek, Michigan

    Swartz Creek is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,102 at the 2000 United States Census. The city is a suburb of Flint, Michigan and has incorporated land formerly within Flint Township, Michigan, Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan, and Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan, but...
  • Davison
    Davison, Michigan

    Davison is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint, Michigan. The population was 5,536 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Flushing
    Flushing, Michigan

    Flushing is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,348 at the 2000 United States Census. Flushing is considered a suburb of Flint, Michigan....
  • Montrose
    Montrose, Michigan

    Montrose is a city in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,619 at the 2000 United States Census. The city is situated within Montrose Township, Michigan, but is politically independent....

    • Villages

    • Gaines
      Gaines, Michigan

      Gaines is a village in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 366 at the 2000 United States Census. The village is within Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan....
    • Otisville
      Otisville, Michigan

      Otisville is a village in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 882 at the 2000 United States Census. The village is within Forest Township, Genesee County, Michigan....
    • Goodrich
      Goodrich, Michigan

      Goodrich is a village in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,353 at the 2000 United States Census. The village is a suburb of Flint, Michigan located within Atlas Township, Michigan....
    • Otter Lake
      Otter Lake, Michigan

      Otter Lake is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. Approximately half of the village lies in Marathon Township, Michigan in Lapeer County, Michigan and half in Forest Township, Genesee County, Michigan in Genesee County, Michigan....
       (partially)
    • Lennon
      Lennon, Michigan

      Lennon is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 517 at the 2000 United States Census. The village is situated on the boundary between Venice Township, Michigan in Shiawassee County, Michigan and Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan in Genesee County, Michigan and is partially in both....
       (partially)
    		 

    Unincorporated

    CDP
    Census-designated place

    A census-designated place is a type of Place identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as city, towns and villages....
    • Argentine
      Argentine, Michigan

      Argentine is an unincorporated community in Argentine Township, Michigan, Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes, which has no legal status as a municipality....
    • Beecher
      Beecher, Michigan

      Beecher is an unincorporated community in Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as a municipality....
    • Lake Fenton
      Lake Fenton, Michigan

      Lake Fenton is an unincorporated community in Fenton Township, Michigan, Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as a municipality....
      >
    Unincorporated community
    • Atlas
    • Rankin
    • Whigville

    Townships

    Charter
    Charter township

    A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems , a civil township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state....
    • Clayton
      Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan

      Clayton Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,546 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Fenton
      Fenton Township, Michigan

      Fenton Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,968 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Flint
      Flint Township, Michigan

      The Charter Township of Flint is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 33,691 at the 2000 United States Census....
    • Flushing
      Flushing Township, Michigan

      Flushing Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,230 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Genesee
      Genesee Township, Michigan

      Genesee Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 24,125 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Grand Blanc
    Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

    Grand Blanc Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 29,827 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Montrose
    Montrose Township, Michigan

    The Charter Township of Montrose is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,336 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Mount Morris
    Mount Morris Township, Michigan

    Mount Morris Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 23,725 as of the United States Census, 2000....
  • Mundy
    Mundy Township, Michigan

    The Charter Township of Mundy is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,191 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Vienna
    Vienna Township, Genesee County, Michigan

    Vienna Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,108 at the United States Census, 2000....


    • General law
    Civil township

    A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to a county . Specific responsibilities and the degree of Wiktionary:autonomy vary based on each U.S....
    • Argentine
      Argentine Township, Michigan

      Argentine Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 6,521....
    • Atlas
      Atlas Township, Michigan

      Atlas Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 7,257....
    • Davison
      Davison Township, Michigan

      Davison Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 17,722 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Gaines
      Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan

      Gaines Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,491 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Richfield
    Richfield Township, Genesee County, Michigan

    Richfield Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,170 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Thetford
    Thetford Township, Michigan

    Thetford Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,277 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Forest
    Forest Township, Genesee County, Michigan

    Forest Township is a civil township of Genesee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,738 at the United States Census, 2000....


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