| Official Name: | Hazelton Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Hazelton Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shiawassee |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | James Sheridan |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Rebecca Hart |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 37.33 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 37.29 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2054 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 218 |
| Elevation Ft: | 715 |
| Coordinates: | 43.0922°N -83.9819°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48433 (Flushing) 48449 (Lennon) 48460 (New Lothrop) 48817 (Corunna) |
| Area Code: | 810 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-37440[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626458 |
Hazelton Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,054 at the 2020 census.[2]
Relatives Stanton Latham and E.E. Fowls arrived in the township in 1848.[6] Hazelton and the settlement were named after brothers George, Edgar and Porter Hazelton, who, with Ezekial Ewing constructed a bridge across the Flint River for the State of Michigan. With no money to pay them in 1849, they received most of the current township land, which they proceeded to sell to settlers.[3] [6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.33sqmi, of which 37.29sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (0.11%) is water.[7]
Misteguay Creek flows northward through the eastern part of the township.[8]
At the 2000 census, there were 2,206 people, 805 households and 648 families residing in the township. The population density was 59.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 849 housing units at an average density of 22.8 per square mile (8.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.14% White, 0.63% Native American, 0.23% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.91% of the population.
There were 805 households, of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.08.
26.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.
The median household income was $47,358 and the median family income was $51,534. Males had a median income of $43,958 versus $24,250 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,960. About 3.3% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.