Thetford Township, is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,640 at the 2020 census, a significant decrease from 7,049 at the 2010 census.
Communities
- Thetford Center is an unincorporated community in the township at Center and Vienna Roads.
- Whitesburg, or Whitesburgh, is an unincorporated community in the township on Vassar Road, north of Scott Road and south of Dodge Road. It formerly had a post office and a railroad station.
History
The township's first post office, Pine Run, opened on January 15, 1836, and changed its name to Thetford in 1844. Later, in 1855, East Thetford post office opened on Vienna Road west of Belsay Road. This was followed by Whitesburgh post office in 1866. A 2017 scandal involving improper storage of surplus equipment from the Defense Logistics Agency eventually led to the indictment of Police Chief Robert Kenny on charges of embezzlement and obstruction of justice, in 2018.
Since late 2017, Thetford and adjacent areas have received water from the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline with treatment by Genesee County Drain Commission Water and Waste Division.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.29%) is water.