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The median age in the village was 36.5 years. 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.7% were from 25 to 44; 23% were from 45 to 64; and 15.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 1,095 people, 435 households, and 325 families residing in the township. The population density was 39.5 inhabitants per square mile (15.3/km 2).
Village governments are required to share some of the responsibilities and duties to their residents with the township. Hence, village residents pay both township and village taxes. [10] As of 2016, there are 253 villages in Michigan, of which 46 are designated home rule villages, and 207 as general law villages. [11]
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Centreville is a village on the western edge of the township, partially within adjacent Lockport Township. Nottawa is an unincorporated community in the southwest of the township on M-86, about two miles west of M-66 and four miles east of Centreville. Wasepi is an unincorporated community near the center of the township.
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Centreville was first established as the county seat of St. Joseph County in 1831. The first county offices were located in a leased house. In 1841, Thomas W. Langley, donated land to the county on which to construct a courthouse and a jail, and the first county courthouse was completed the following year.
The county was set off and organized by the Michigan Territory legislature in 1829; it was named for the river. [1] The area is home to the oldest and largest Amish community in Michigan. [4] St. Joseph County comprises the Sturgis, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area.