Riley Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,199 at the 2020 Census.
Communities
- Doyle was centered on a station on the Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad where it crossed Riley Center Rd. between Boardman Rd. and Hough Rd. It had a post office from 1885 until 1913.
- Riley Center is an unincorporated community in the central part of the township at and includes the township hall. It is about 5 miles northwest of Memphis, the largest town in the area.
- Memphis is a city on the southern boundary of the township with Richmond Township in Macomb County. The city incorporated some land from the township, but is administratively autonomous. The Memphis ZIP code 48041 serves all of Riley Township as well as a portion of Richmond Township.
- The village of Emmett is adjacent to the northeast corner of the township.
History
Riley Township was organized in 1841 and named for John Riley, a mixed-race Chippewa whose father had bought land in the area in 1836 and given John a lease on the land for six cents a year. A post office operated from June 1867 until September 1933.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 38.3 square miles (99.2 km), of which 38.3 square miles (99.1 km) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km) (0.05%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census