Woodbridge Township is a civil township of Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township had a population of 1,421 at the 2020 census.
Communities
- Austin is an unincorporated community in the southern part of the township on the boundary with Amboy Township at . Also known as Whitetown, it was first settled by the White family.
- Frontier is an unincorporated community within the township at .
History
Woodbridge Township was organized in 1840 from the southernmost section of the then-larger Fayette Township. Woodbridge Township extended south to the state border with Ohio until Amboy Township was created from the southernmost section of Woodbridge Township in 1850.
The current Woodbridge Township Hall in the community of Frontier was built in 1855 after the township board approved $250 for its construction and $10 for the land for the building. The structure was completed in 1856 and received several additions in later years. In 1975, the Michigan Townships Association verified Woodbridge Township Hall as the oldest operational township hall in the state.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.10%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census