Dafter Township, Michigan

Dafter Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,327 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.26%, is water.

Communities

• Dafter is a small unincorporated community located about a mile southwest of the junction of M-28 with I-75 at within the drainage basin of the Waiska River. Founded as a lumber settlement, it was given a post office named "Stevensburgh" in January 1879, with George Stevens as the first postmaster. The name of the post office was changed to Dafter, after the township, in July 1893. It was a station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad.

Demographics

As of the census