Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan

thumb|A 1906 [[cadastral map of Geneva Township, showing property lines and names of rural landowners]]

Geneva Township is a civil township of Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,416 at the 2020 United States census.

Communities

Lacota is an unincorporated community in the north of the township on 60th St. at . The community is near the northern boundary of the township and some residents in the adjacent Lee and Casco townships in Allegan County identify with Lacota. The Lacota post office, with ZIP code 49063, provides PO Box service. Clark Pierce became the first European settler in 1837. When the community was platted in 1870 by Enoch M. Pease, it was named Irvington after Pierce's son Irving. A post office named "West Geneva" opened on May 20, 1864, with Jerome B. Watson as the first postmaster. The post office name was changed to Irvington on June 2, 1874, and again to Lacota on December 22, 1884. The latter change was requested by the Michigan Central Railroad, which already served a town named Irving (in Irving Township, Barry County MI). The name Lacota was suggested by V. D. Dilley for the main character in a novel that his father was reading.

According to the US Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.06%) is water.

As of the 2000 United States census,