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However, the city of Petersburg has a larger land area at 0.48 square miles (1.24 km 2) but a smaller total area (when water area is included). Clarkston has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km 2), while Petersburg contains no water and a total area of 0.48 square miles (1.24 km 2).
Springfield Township was established by the Michigan Legislature on March 2, 1836. Civil government was first organized April 3, 1837. Springfield, one of the first settlements in the area, began with a hotel along the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike, now known as Dixie Highway.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.30 square miles (94.02 km 2), of which 34.99 square miles (90.62 km 2) is land and 1.31 square miles (3.39 km 2) (3.61%) is water. The township is part of the Metro Detroit area and is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Detroit.
ZIP code(s) 48327–48330, 48346, 48387. Area code(s) 248: FIPS code: 26-84240 [3] GNIS feature ID: 1627218 [4] Website: Official website:
Brandon Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 15,384 at the 2020 census. [3]As a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Brandon Township is about 30 miles (48.3 km) north of the city of Detroit and about 20 miles (32.2 km) southeast of Flint.
Bedford Township is located in Monroe County along the southern border of Michigan. It is bordered to the south by the city of Toledo, Ohio.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.36 square miles (101.94 km 2), of which 39.20 square miles (101.53 km 2) are land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2), or 0.40%, are water. [1]
As of the census [9] of 2010, there were 309 people, 106 households, and 77 families residing in the village. The population density was 315.3 inhabitants per square mile (121.7/km 2).
The area was, at that time, nicknamed "The Barren Plains of Oxford." [ 5 ] It was called this primarily because of a report made in 1812 by the U.S. Surveyor General that described the area as a poor, barren, sandy land, on which scarcely any vegetation could grow with the exception of some very small scrubby oaks.