Hopkins Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,760 at the 2020 census. The township is named after Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Communities
- The village of Hopkins is in the southwest of the township on Bear Creek.
- Hopkinsburg is a small unincorporated community within the township at , a few miles east of Hopkins on Miller Creek. Was first settled in 1837 by R.C. Round, whose great grandmother, Martha Hopkins Round, was the brother of Stephen Hopkins. Stephen was the namesake of the community. Was followed up by his brother-in-law, Erastus Congdon, in 1838.
The city of Wayland is not within the township, but is adjacent to it in the northeast corner. Some development associated with the city extends into the township near the exit from U.S. Highway 131.
History
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.86%, is water. The Rabbit River loops through the township, flowing from the northeast corner through the center then out the northwest corner. The main tributaries in the township are Bear Creek, flowing from the southwest and Miller Creek, flowing from the southeast, both merging into the Rabbit River about one mile northeast of Hopkins. Buskirk Creek flows from the east into the Rabbit in the central part of the township. There are several small lakes in the northwest and southwest sections.
Demographics
As of the census