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Southfield Township is a civil township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It contains the villages of Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, and Franklin; though two small areas, comprising , remain unincorporated. As of the 2020 census, the township's population was 14,886, including the villages; the unincorporated areas' population was 31.
Organized in 1830, the township once occupied a much larger area, before the cities of Lathrup Village and Southfield incorporated into cities in the 1950s.
History
Southfield Township, originally known as Ossewa Township, came into existence on July 12, 1830. The name was changed to Southfield Township seventeen days later. The village of Franklin was an early community established in the fall of 1828. Originally consisting of a survey township of , it has been reduced in size by the incorporation of municipalities. Only a handful of parcels remain outside the borders of the township's three villages.
The city of Lathrup Village was incorporated out of the east side of the township on May 12, 1953. The village of Franklin incorporated on November 8, 1953, the village of Bingham Farms on June 7, 1955, and the village of Beverly Hills (originally named the Village of Westwood) in April 1958. The city of Southfield was incorporated on April 28, 1958.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.12%) is water.
Government
Federal, state, and county legislators
{| class="wikitable"
|+United States House of Representatives
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|12th
|Rashida Tlaib
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Michigan Senate
!District
!Senator
!Party
!Since
|-
|7th
|Jeremy Moss
| |Democratic
|2023
|-
|8th
|Mallory McMorrow
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Michigan House of Representatives
!District
!Representative
!Party
!Since
|-
|5th
|Natalie Price
| |Democratic
|2023
|-
|19th
|Samantha Steckloff
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oakland County Board of Commissioners
!District
!Commissioner
!Party
!Since
|-
|18
|Linnie Taylor
| |Democratic
|2023
|}
Demographics
As of the census