Akron Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,379 at the 2020 Census.
Communities
- The village of Akron is in the southern part of the township straddling the boundary between Akron Township to the north and Fairgrove Township to the south. The Akron post office, with ZIP code 48701, also serves the southern and western portions of Akron Township.
- Bay Park is an unincorporated community on the border of the Township with Wisner Township on Saginaw Bay west of Vassar Road and Bay Park Road at . It was platted as a subdivision on June 5, 1885.
- Wisner is an unincorporated community on the boundary between Akron Township to the east and Wisner Township to the west.
- Thomas is an unincorporated community in the northern part of the township on Saginaw Bay at . Thomas was platted in three sections: Thomas Fisheries (1942), Thomas Park (1947) and Thomas (1957) subdivisions.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (7.05%) is water.
The civil township comprises most of survey townships 14 and 15 north of range 8 east. Section 1 of T14N and section 36 of T15N have been attached to Columbia Township, which is adjacent to the east of Akron Township. These sections surround the village of Unionville, which also incorporates smaller portions of both sections.
Survey township 15N, on the shores of Saginaw Bay, is a partial township consisting of thirteen full sections and eleven partial sections, with the remainder lying under water.
Demographics
As of the census