Secord Township is a civil township of Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,046 at the 2020 census.
Communities
- Secord is an unincorporated community located at in the southwest portion of the township.
History
Secord Township, along with many other townships in the Tri County area, was originally inhabited by Native Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Chippewa tribe was most present at this time. A Canadian man named Marcel Secord first arrived to the area in 1861 with his family while canoeing down the Tittabawassee River. In the Summer of 1864, he built a login cabin roughly east of Gladwin. Secord was a skilled trapper and hunter, providing meals to early lumberjacks in the area. The area would later be known as "Secord" when a post office was established in 1912 when Secord Township was officially organized. The township is named for Marvel Secord, an early settler.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.30%) is water.
The Tittabawassee River flows south through the center of the township. The river is dammed by the Secord Dam.
Major highways
- runs north–south and forms most of the western boundary of the township.
Demographics
At the 2000 census,