Bridgeport Charter Township, Michigan

Bridgeport Charter Township is a charter township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,104 at the 2020 census.

History

Bridgeport Township was established in 1848. A sawmill was built there in 1849. By the mid-1860s there was also a shingle mill, three shingle factories and a salt well. By the 1880s the area had shifted to farming with the only mill being a grist mill built in 1878 by John and Martin Messner.

Geography

Bridgeport is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community covering the township from the city of Saginaw in the northwest, south along Interstate 75 to the center of the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.23%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census