About Adrian Charter Township

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 History

     The present boundaries of Adrian township correspond to survey township 6 South Range 3 East. Lenawee County was initially divided into three townships by act of the Michigan Territorial Council on April 12, 1827. Tecumseh Township spanned the northern portion of the county, Logan Township spanned the middle tier and Blissfield Township spanned the southern tier (and also included an area in the "Toledo Strip" which ultimately became part of Ohio). Over time, new townships were created and the area of Logan Township was reduced. By an act of the Territorial Legislature on March 7, 1834, Logan Township was reduced to consist of T6S R3E and was renamed as "Adrian Township", to match that of Adrian, the main village in the township. The village of Adrian was platted under the name "Logan" in 1828 by Addison J. Comstock, but was soon renamed "Adrian" after the Roman Emperor Hadrian at the request of Comstock's wife.[3][4][5]

Communities

     Birdsall was a hamlet in Adrian Township. It was founded by Darius Comstock, a brother of Addison Comstock, the founder of Adrian. Darius Comstock settled here in 1827. In 1831, he gave land to the Quakers to found a meetinghouse. In 1850, a Quaker school was founded here, which operated until 1908. There was a post office here from 1897 until 1901.[6]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.6 square miles (90 km2), all land.

Demographics

     As of the census of 2020, there were 6332 people, 2678 households.  The population density was 188.6 per square mile (64.2/km2).  There were 3132 housing units at an average density of 64.4 per square mile (24.8/km2).  The racial makeup of the township was 96.4%White, .3% African American, 0% Native American, 0% Asian, 2.5% from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.7% of the population.

There are 2,678 households; of which 2.9% have children under the age of 5, 21.6% under age 18 living with them, and persons 65 years and over 24.4%.  The average household size was 2.36.

The median income for a household is the township was $74,367.  The total per capita income for the township was $39,978.  About 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line.