Byron Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 26,927 at the 2020 census, an increase from 20,317 at the 2010 census.

Byron Township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just southwest of the city of Grand Rapids.

Communities

  • Byron Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place at the center of the township. The Byron Center 49315 ZIP Code serves most of the township.
  • Carlisle (or West Carlisle) is mostly historical community in the township at . Carlisle was a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. A post office named "West Carlisle" operated here from March 1884 until September 1910.
  • Corinth is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township on the boundary with Gaines Township.
  • Cutlerville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the northeast of the township, with part of the CDP extending east into Gaines Township.
  • North Byron is an unincorporated community near the northern boundary of the township at . It began as a settlement named "Scudderville" on Rush Creek with a station on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. It was named for Henry W. Scudder, a local landowner. A post office named "North Byron" operated from October 1862 to December 1879 and from March 1894 to September 1903.
  • Ross is a mostly historical community in the southeast part of the township at . Ross began as a depot on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad and was first named "Ross Station". It was platted by William Thornton for William Ross in 1871. A post office was established in June 1871 with Daniel Ross as the first postmaster.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.19%) is water. of 2020, there were 26,933 people, the racial makeup of the city was 81.1% Non-Hispanic White, 4.2% Black or African American, 2.7% Asian, 0.2% Native American, and 6.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.6% of the population.

As of the census

Education

Byron Township is served by four different public school districts. The majority of the township is served by Byron Center Public Schools, while a small portion of the northeast corner in Cutlerville is served by Kentwood Public Schools. A very small portion of the northern edge of the township is served by Grandville Public Schools, and another very small portion on the southern edge of the township is served by Wayland Union Schools.

References

  • Byron Township official website