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Scio Township is a civil township
Civil township

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 of Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County, Michigan

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 of the U.S. state
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 of Michigan
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. As of the 2000 census, the township's population was 15,759. The township is situated west of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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el W. Foster bought a mill site on the Huron River at what is now Scio in 1835. The community was plat
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ted 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.






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Scio Township is a civil township
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....
 of Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County, Michigan

Washtenaw County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 322,895....
 of 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 township's population was 15,759. The township is situated west of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
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Communities

  • Delhi Mills is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of the township on the Huron River
    Huron River (Michigan)

    The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U.S. state of Michigan and had previously been the name for the Clinton River.----...
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  • Dexter
    Dexter, Michigan

    Dexter is a village in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The majority of the village is in the northwest corner of Scio Township, Michigan with a small portion in Webster Township, Michigan....
     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.
  • Sunward Cohousing
    Sunward Cohousing

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     was the first cohousing
    Cohousing

    A cohousing community is a type of intentional community composed of private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities....
     community to be established in Scio, followed by and


History

Samuel W. Foster bought a mill site on the Huron River at what is now Scio in 1835. The community was plat
Plat

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ted 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. There are at least two other origins suggested for the name. One, suggests it derives from the Greek island of Chios
Chios

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, and the other that was named after Scio
Scio, New York

Scio is a town in Allegany County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 1,914 at the 2000 census.The Town of Scio, in the southern half of the county and north of the Wellsville , New York....
, New York
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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.

Geography

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

Demographics

As of the census
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 of 2000, there were 15,759 people, 6,070 households, and 4,425 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density

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 was 463.0 per square mile (178.8/kmē). There were 6,338 housing units at an average density of 186.2/sq mi (71.9/kmē). 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
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, 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
Marriage

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 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
Per capita income

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 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.

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