Resort Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The southwesternmost township of Emmet County, Resort Township is immediately adjacent Petoskey, the county seat and largest city in Emmet County. Resort Township also has a shoreline on Little Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,835, an increase from 2,697 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (11.44%) is water.
Resort Township has shorelines on both Little Traverse Bay (Lake Michigan) and Walloon Lake. Charlevoix County is south and west of Resort Township.
The city of Petoskey is north and northeast of Resort Township. The community of Bay Shore is also in the northwest of the township.
Major highway
- runs west–east through the north of the township, paralleling Little Traverse Bay. US 31 runs north to Mackinaw City and south to Charlevoix and Traverse City, further south along the Lake Michigan coast.
Demographics
As of the census