thumb|right|250px|Unincorporated community of Cohoctah
thumb|right|250px|U.S. Post Office in Cohoctah
Cohoctah Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,246 at the 2020 census. It is located in the northwest quadrant of the county, bordered by Conway Township to the west, Deerfield Township to the east, and Howell Township to the south. To the north is Shiawassee County.
History
Cohoctah Township was first organized in 1838 with the name of Tuscola Township. It was renamed Bristol Township in 1857 and given its current name in 1867. Boutell Cemetery and Sanford Cemetery are located in the township.
Communities
Farming is the primary use of land, with only three small towns serving as population centers:
- Cohoctah is an unincorporated community in the northeast quadrant of the township at the junction of Oak Grove Road and Cohoctah Road. It started around a grain elevator in 1886 that is no longer in operation.
- Cohoctah Center is an unincorporated community, northwest of the center of Cohoctah Township.
- Oak Grove is an unincorporated community about north of Howell and about south of Cohoctah, in the eastern part of Cohoctah Township.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.18%, are water. The township is drained to the north by the South Branch of the Shiawassee River, running near the eastern border of the township.
Demographics
As of the census