Northfield Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,514 at the 2020 census.

Communities

  • Emery is an unincorporated community located within the township at . Emery was settled as early as 1831 by Joshua Leland from Madison County, New York. He named the settlement after his son Emery Leland, who much later served as Northfield Township Supervisor and county judge. Emery was renamed Leland in 1884 when the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Railroad built a station named Leland in the community. Despite the name change, a post office opened in the community under the name Emery on February 20, 1884, and operated until March 31, 1903.
  • Gravel Run is a former settlement that was founded by Roswell Curtis in 1842, and he became the first postmaster when the Gravel Run post office opened on May 18, 1850. He served in this capacity until he died in 1870. The community was named after the stream where the community was located. The post office was transferred to and renamed Northfield on October 2, 1860. The Gravel Run post office was soon reestablished on October 22, 1860. The post office closed on November 19, 1875, but was restored briefly from November 12, 1877, until it ultimately closed on July 19, 1878.
  • Northfield is an unincorporated community located within the township at . A post office was first established here on June 9, 1834, and was named after the township. The post office was transferred to and renamed Whitmore Lake on December 17, 1854. The Northfield post office was reestablished on February 16, 1855, and operated until January 3, 1856.
  • Walsh is the name of a former settlement within the township. The Walsh post office was established on July 18, 1881, after it was transferred from Webster in neighboring Webster Township. Webster reestablished its own post office on April 14, 1882. The Walsh post office operated until January 13, 1885.
  • Whitmore Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within the township at . The CDP also extends north into Green Oak Township in Livingston County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.65%) is water.

Major highways

  • runs south–north through the western portion of the township.

Demographics

As of the census

Notable people

  • Martha Waldron Janes (1832–1913), minister, suffragist, columnist

Images

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References

Sources

  • Northfield Township office website