Torch Lake Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in the Northern Lower Peninsula, the township comprises an isthmus between the eponymous Torch Lake and Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,212, a slight increase from 1,194 at the 2010 census.
Communities
- Creswell is a ghost town in central Torch Lake Township at . Creswell was settled in 1852, and was awarded a post office in 1869, operating until 1904.
- Eastport is a small unincorporated community located at the northern end of Torch Lake at . It was first settled by woodsman Murdock Anress in 1863. A hotel was built by Mr. Phillips in 1869. A post office name "Wilson" was established in March 1872 and renamed "Eastport" in September 1873. The name was an analog to the village of Northport on the opposite side of the Grand Traverse Bay, but the bay shore project was abandoned and the village developed at the northern end of Torch Lake.
- Torch Lake is a small unincorporated community on US Route 31 along the northwest shore of Torch Lake at .
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 28.48%, is water.