 cooper charter township is a charter township of kalamazoo county in the u.s. state of michigan. the population was 8,754 at the 2000 census. the township was organized in 1837. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of , of which  is land and  is water. a community called cooper center exists in the physical center of the township. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 8,754 people, 3,187 households, and 2,489 families residing in the township. the population density was 241.2 per square mile (93.1/kmÂ²). there were 3,269 housing units at an average density of 90.1 per square mile (34.8/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the township was 96.16% white, 1.36% african american, 0.30% [[native american (u.s. census)|native am
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