Ransom Township, Michigan

thumb|right|250px|Unincorporated community of Ransom

Ransom Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,012 at the 2020 census.

Communities

Betzer is an unincorporated community in the eastern portion of the township on the boundary with Wright Township at . The community was named after the Daniel Colbetzer, who served as the first postmaster when a post office opened here on November 15, 1886. The post office operated until December 31, 1901.
Ransom is an unincorporated community located within the township at . It was first settled in 1840 in the area formerly called Rowland Township, which was named after pioneering settler Rowland Bird. It was given a post office named North Rowland on April 17, 1848. It was renamed Ransom soon after on September 5, 1848 when the area was reorganized under the name Ransom Township. It was named after Epaphroditus Ransom, who was the governor of Michigan at the time. The post office was briefly named Bird the following year but then renamed back to Ransom in 1850. The Ransom post office operated until August 31, 1936.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.33%) is water.

Trunk Line Bridge No. 237 is an arch bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1918, it carries Burt Road over Silver Creek.