▁town ship ▁of ▁Ben zie ▁County ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁state ▁of ▁Michigan . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 8 2 1 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census . ▁ ▁The ▁L - sh aped ▁town ship ▁contains ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁El berta ▁and ▁is ▁border ed ▁on ▁the ▁north ▁by ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Frank fort . ▁ ▁The ▁narrow ▁town ship ▁is ▁located ▁between ▁Cry stal ▁Lake ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁Bla ine ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁south , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁short ▁boundary ▁with ▁Ben z onia ▁Township ▁to ▁the ▁east . ▁ ▁History ▁Gil more ▁Township ▁was ▁organized ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ship ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 4 . 8 9 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 5 0 ▁people , ▁ 3 4 1 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 3 6 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town ship . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 1 7 . 2 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 4 5 . 3 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 4 3 9 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 6 0 . 5 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 3 . 4 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ship ▁was