 orleans township is a civil township of ionia county in the u.s. state of michigan. the population was 2,736 at the 2000 census. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.99%) is water. ==communities== *chadwick was a community started by charles chadwick in 1856. when the detroit, lansing and northern railroad was built in 1872 chadwick got a depot on the railroad located here. it had a post office from 1872 until 1907.walter romig, michigan place names, p. 108 ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 2,736 people, 985 households, and 743 families residing in the township. the population density was 77.0 per square mile (29.7/kmÂ²). there were 1,167 housing units at an average dens
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