Melrose Township, Michigan

Melrose Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,405 at the 2020 census.

The township was set off from Evangeline Township by the County Board of Supervisors in 1877.

Communities

Clarion is an unincorporated community located within the township at . The settlement began as early as 1874 by John Darrah from Kent County, and his family homesteaded in the area by the following year. He became the first postmaster when the Clarion post office opened on December 8, 1879. It was named after Clarion, Pennsylvania. The community also received a train station along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The post office operated until October 31, 1945.
Lake Junction was a historic settlement that formed around a railway junction that connected the Clarion and Walloon Lake train stations along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The junction appeared in Melrose Township on a 1911 map of Charlevoix County.
Troutdale is a former community located within the township on the southern shores of Bear Lake (now Walloon Lake). It was given a post office that operated briefly from September 11, 1879 until August 17, 1881.
Walloon Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along the eastern shores of Walloon Lake at .

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (5.77%) is water.

The township contains the eastern coastline of Walloon Lake.

runs south–north through the center of the township.
runs through the west-central portion of the township and terminates at US 131. The roadway continues to the east of US 131 and carries the C-81 designation.
is a county-designated highway that begins at US 131 east of M-75 and runs through the northern portion of the township.