Tuscola Township ( ) is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,978 at the 2020 census.
The city of Vassar is to the northeast and incorporates some land from the survey township that forms the basis for the present civil township.
History
The township was established in 1840 as a township of Saginaw County and encompassed all of Tuscola County, which had been created by an Act of the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, from land in Sanilac County and attached for administrative purposes to Saginaw County.
Communities
- Tuscola is an unincorporated community in the Township North and South of the Cass River in section 28 at Bray Road . A post off named "Worth" was established on March 6, 1848, with Ebenezer Davis as the first postmaster. The name changed to Tuscola on January 8, 1875. The community was platted in 1850 and the post office operated until January 5, 1962. The plat for the Village of Tuscola south of the River was filed in 1861. The Muro Matheson Addition to the Village plat was filed in May 1868. The city of Vassar post office with ZIP code 48768 provides P.O. Box service.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.27%) is water.