Ellis Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 557 at the 2020 census.

Communities

  • Afton is an unincorporated community east of the Pigeon River at . It is on M-68, about east of I-75 at Indian River and about west of M-33 (which is then south of Cheboygan). The ZIP code is 49705. Afton began as a lumber camp in 1887.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.17%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census