Ida Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,783 at the 2020 census. The station served as an intersection that linked the Ann Arbor Railroad and New York Central lines. Federman had its own post office briefly from June 22, 1899, to August 31, 1906.
- Ida is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the northern boundary of the township at . The community of Ida was listed as a new census-designated place for the 2020 census.
- Ida Center is an unincorporated community located near the center of the township along the intersection of Ida Center Road and Lewis Avenue at .
- Lulu is an unincorporated community along Douglas Road and Lulu Road just northwest of the township center at . In 1853, Henry West came to the township and purchased a large plot of land in what would become the community of Lulu. The community contained a train depot along the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad about south of the village of Dundee. A post office began operating in Lulu on June 29, 1880, with storekeeper Paul Nill as the first postmaster, and it operated until July 15, 1941. The railway line continues to run through the community and is operated by the Ann Arbor Railroad but no longer contains a station or stop in the community.
- Yargerville is an unincorporated community centered at the intersection of East Morocco / Wood Road and Minx Road along the eastern boundary of the township with La Salle Township at . Yargerville contained its own post office from 1890 to 1906.
Geography
The township is in central Monroe County, about west-southwest of Monroe, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.47%, are water.
As of the census
Previously, St. Anthony School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit was in Temperance. Its service area included Ida Township.
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