Swan Creek Township, Michigan

Swan Creek Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,416 at the 2020 Census.

Communities

Garfield is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at Lakefield and Teft Roads (). Garfield began as a logging settlement in about 1870 with the mills of L. Pennoyer and R. H. Nason. In 1879, Nason, along with Helen B. Allen and W. Husen, also built a salt block here. It was a station on the Michigan Central Railroad, and was named for the nearby Garfield coal mine.
Orr is an unincorporated community in the township at Swan Creek and Orr Roads. A post office operated from July 7, 1896, until October 14, 1904
Swan Creek is an unincorporated community on the border with James Township at Swan Creek and Van Wormer Roads. A post office operated from July 15, 1869, until October 16, 1871, and from October 20, 1892, until September 15, 1927.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.95%) is water.

As of the census