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A unique form of civil township in Michigan is the charter township, a status created by act of the state legislature in 1947, which grants additional powers and streamlined administration of townships. Charter townships that meet certain criteria are also provided greater protection against annexation by a city or village.
Madison Township Hall in Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio. Depending on the state, the township government has varying degrees of authority. In the Upper Midwestern states near the Great Lakes, civil townships (known in Michigan as general law townships [1] and in Wisconsin as towns), are often, but not always, overlaid on survey townships.
Richfield Township is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,991 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 8,730 at the 2010 census . Communities
Tyrone Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,986 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 10,020 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ]
Antwerp Township is a civil township of Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the township population was 13,425. It was named after the major Belgian city of Antwerp .
Michigan has created charter townships as a separate type of government to allow greater flexibility for township governments to serve urbanized populations. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems (though sometimes different names), a township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state.
Charleston Township is a civil township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census recorded a population of 1,904, [ 3 ] slightly down from 1,975 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ]
Marion Township is a civil township of Osceola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,565 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The Village of Marion is located within the township.