Indianfields Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the township was 2,492 at the 2020 census. The township is immediately adjacent to the city of Caro, which is north of the township.
Communities
- The city of Caro, which is also the county seat of Tuscola County, is surrounded by Indianfields Township on its west, south and east, however, is administratively autonomous. Caro was a village (and thus, part of the Township) until becoming a city in 2009. The Caro post office, with ZIP code 48723, also serves nearly all of Indianfields Township.
- Wahjamega is an unincorporated community in the township at . A lumberman named William A. Heartt first visited here in 1852 and moved here the following year. He became the first postmaster on August 8, 1857, and platted the settlement. The name is an acronym from the initials of three partners who operated a sawmill here: William A Heartt, James A. Montgomery, and Edgar George Avery. The post office closed on May 31, 1905, but was restored from December 2, 1914, until August 31, 1940. The settlement was absorbed when the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, now the Caro Center, was founded here.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.36%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census