Paradise Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,952 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,713 at the 2010 census. The village of Kingsley is located within the township.
History
Paradise Township was organized in April 1870 from a portion of Traverse Township – Town 25 north, of Ranges 9 and 10 west, and the south half of Township 26 north of Ranges 9 and 10 west.
Communities
- The village of Kingsley is within the township. All of the township south of Mayfield is served by the Kingsley ZIP code 49649.
- Mayfield is an unincorporated community within the township a few miles north of Kingsley.
- Summit City is an unincorporated community within the township, several miles southeast of Kingsley at . Summit City was established as a station on the Traverse City Railroad, first called "Summit". A post office at Summit City lasted from 1874 to 1955.
- Westminster is a ghost town south of Kingsley at . It was founded as a station on the Traverse City Railroad, and was the site of a lumber mill completed in 1883.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.13%) is water. The Boardman River flows through the north of the township.
Paradise Township is the largest township in Grand Traverse County by land area, and second largest in total area, behind Whitewater Township. The township shares a boundary with Wexford County, to the south.
Major highway
- is a state trunkline highway that traverses the township east to west.
Demographics
As of the census