Mayfield Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,786 at the 2020 census, an increase from 1,550 at the 2010 census.

There is community named Mayfield in Grand Traverse County, located several miles northeast of the township in adjacent Paradise Township.

History

Mayfield Township was organized in November 1867 from part of Traverse Township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 35.9 square miles (93.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.44%) is water.

Mayfield Township is located in the south of Grand Traverse County, and shares a boundary with Wexford County.

Major highways

  • runs north-south through the heart of the township. The highway enters the south of the township from the village of Buckley, which straddles the Wexford county line. The highway continues due north for three miles, before entering a pair of 90 degree curves, and heading north again. The highway exits the township north into Blair Township, where it continues north into Traverse City and the Old Mission Peninsula
  • begins at a junction with M-37 in the northwest of the township, before heading due east as a section line road. The highway travels for a few miles before entering Paradise Township, and running through Kingsley.

Communities

  • Bartlett was the site of a rural post office in Mayfield Township from 1879 until 1903. A post office at Hannah was established in 1881, operating until 1904. In 1885, a Catholic church was built in the community. The town takes its name from the Hannah Lay and Company, which conducted lumber operations in Grand Traverse County. The company's founder was Perry Hannah, who later became the first mayor of Traverse City. Today, Hannah remains the location of a catholic school and parish. Hannah is the site of marker 22 of the Old Indian Trail.
  • Immediately south of the Mayfield Township line lies the village of Buckley in Wexford County.
  • Just east of Mayfield Township lies the village of Kingsley.
  • The city of Traverse City is about north of Mayfield Township.

Demographics

As of the census