Grayling Charter Township is a charter township of Crawford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,642 as of the 2020 census, down from 5,827 at the 2010 census. The city of Grayling is surrounded by Grayling Charter Township, but both are administered autonomously.

Communities

  • Babbits Resort is an unincorporated community along the Au Sable River at .
  • Bucks is an unincorporated community located within the township at . Bucks was settled by the Holloway Bucks family in 1870. Originally called Buck's Hill, it became a stop along the Michigan Central Railroad in 1889. It was then known as Buck's Crossing and served as a residency and stopover for the railroad builders. The name was later shorterned to Bucks. The community contains no more structures or residents, and it is now part of Camp Grayling.
  • Collens Landing is an unincorporated community along the eastern shores of Lake Margrethe at .
  • Danish Landing is an unincorporated community along the northeastern shores of Lake Margrethe at .
  • Five Corners is an unincorporated community located along M-72 in the southeast portion of the township at .
  • Lake Margrethe is an unincorporated community located along the eastern shores of Lake Margrethe just south of the community of Collens Landing at .
  • Louis Cabin Landing is an unincorporated community located along the Au Sable River at .
  • McIntyre Landing is an unincorporated community along the northernmost shores of Lake Margrethe at .
  • Rasmus is an unincorporated community located within Camp Grayling at . Rasmus Hanson founded the community in 1914 along the shores of Lake Margrethe, which he named after his wife Margrethe. It became a stop along the Michigan Central Railroad as part of Camp Hanson, which later became Camp Grayling.
  • Wildwood is an unincorporated community located along F-32 in the eastern portion of the township at .

History

The township was named for the grayling fish that lived in the Au Sable River.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.29%) is water.