McBride, Michigan
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McBride is a village in Montcalm County
Montcalm County, Michigan
-Michigan State Highways:* M-46* M-57* M-66* M-82* M-91-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 61,266 people, 22,079 households, and 16,183 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 25,900 housing units at an average density...

 in the U.S. state
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 of Michigan
Michigan
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. The population was 232 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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. The village is located within Day Township
Day Township, Michigan
Day Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,282.The Mid Michigan Motorplex, formerly known as the Central Michigan Dragway, is located within the township...

. The post office for the village, with ZIP code
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 48852, is named "McBrides" and provides P.O. Box service to the village.

The village is named for Alexander B McBride, a settler from Wayne County, New York
Wayne County, New York
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, who built a sawmill here in 1874. A railroad station was named "McBride's Mill", while the post office named "McBrides" opened on March 26, 1878 with McBride as the first postmaster. The village was plat
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ted by D. L. Jacobs in 1877. An adjacent settlement was platted with the name "Custer" by Phipps Wado on April 2, 1878, but it became a part of McBride when that village was incorporated in 1883.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 232 people, 86 households, and 63 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 642.3 per square mile (248.8/km²). There were 94 housing units at an average density of 260.3 per square mile (100.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.71% White, 0.43% Native American, and 0.86% from two or more races.

There were 86 households out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were married couples
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 living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $30,568, and the median income for a family was $30,694. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $18,214 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $13,376. About 8.2% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 28.0% of those sixty five or over.
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