Sherman Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 999 at the 2020 census.

Communities

  • Helena is an unincorporated community on the border with Sand Beach Township on Helena Road between Buhl and Klug Roads at .
  • Ruth is an unincorporated community at . The ZIP code is 48470. The first white settler was John Hunsanger, a native of Hadhomor, Nassau, Germany, who arrived there in 1855. The following year, several families from Baden joined him, and in the early 1860s, another group arrived from Westphalia. The area became known as the "German Settlement". It was also called "Adams Corners" for landowner August H. Adams, who served as the first postmaster. But when the village got a post office in October 1880, it was named "Ruth", after Michael Ruth who had given property for a railroad depot.
  • White Rock is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township at . The community is named for a large white limestone boulder offshore in Lake Huron, to define the territory ceded with the Treaty of Detroit in 1807.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 44.2 square miles (114.3 km), of which 44.1 square miles (114.3 km) is land and 0.02% is water.

Demographics

As of the census