Banks Township, Michigan

Banks Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,588.

Communities

Antrim City was a short-lived settlement on the Lake Michigan shores. Wood, Pearl and Company began shipping operations circa 1861. The principals behind Wood, Pearl and Company, Orvis Wood, Lucius Pearl and Orin Adams had moved operations to Norwood, Michigan by 1867. Atwood was a lumber settlement with a post office operating from 1868 until 1905. In 1931, Atwood attracted national attention when it was announced that a church, two stores, a garage and over a dozen residences whose entrances faced U.S. Route 31 would be moved fifty feet back, as their proximity to the highway made them unsafe. Atwood is the birthplace of the writer Rex Beach, best known for his 1906 novel The Spoilers, which was made into a movie five times, most notably in 1930 starring Gary Cooper and in 1942 starring John Wayne.
Ellsworth is a village on the east side of the township.
Essex was a lumbering community in this township. It had a post office from 1900 until 1904.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 12.30%, is water.

As of the census