Emmett Charter Township is a charter township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census.
History
When first organized the township was named Androver Township. It was given its present name in 1839.
Communities
- The city of Battle Creek is adjacent to the township on the northwest and has annexed land that was formerly within the township, in particular the former village of Verona that was an early rival to Battle Creek.
- Beadle Lake is a lake and an unincorporated community in the western part of the township. Development extends around the lake but is centered on the south end of the lake at . Beadle Lake Elementary School is on the southeast side of the lake. Interstate 94 (I-94) passes just to the north, with an exit to Beadle Lake Road, which runs along the west side of the lake.
- Brownlee Park is an unincorporated community within the township, which has also been defined as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. The CDP also includes the adjacent community of Greenfield Park in Pennfield Charter Township. It consists of an urbanized area just east of Battle Creek.
- Ceresco is an unincorporated community on the Kalamazoo River situated on the boundary between Emmett and Marshall Township at .
- Sunrise Heights is an unincorporated suburban subdivision in the northwest of the township at . It is adjacent to Battle Creek bounded by 6½ Mile Road/Main Street on the east, Golden Road on the south I-194/M-66 on the west, and Columbia Road and the Kalamazoo River on the north.
- Wattles Park is unincorporated community within the township, centered on Wattles Road between Michigan Avenue and I-94 at .
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.54%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census