Burns Township, Michigan

Burns Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,280.

History

Whitmore Knaggs established a trading post here in 1820 to exchange goods for furs with the local Ojibwe. The township was organized in 1835.

Byron is a village located within the township.
Union Plains is an unincorporated community within the township at Grand River Road and Reed Road.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.70%) is water.

The Shiawassee River runs through Burns Township.

As of the census