Wright Township is a civil township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,190 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.39%, is water.

I-96 passes through the southern part of the township with an exit about one mile east of Marne at junction with M-11, another at Marne, and another at the eastern edge of Coopersville.

Demographics

As of the census on the northern boundary of the township between sections 3 and 4. There was a post office there from May 1850 until November 1891.

  • Herrington is a tiny unincorporated community at in the south-central part of the township at the corners where sections 22, 23, 26, and 27 meet. It was a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway and was given a post office in April 1888. It was a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad and was given a post office in January 1887.
  • Wright is a tiny unincorporated community in the northeast corner of the township between sections 1 and 2 at . The community was named after the Wright Family, which owned land in the area, and for whom the township is named. The community had a post office from 1848 until 1864 and again from 1877 until 1903.
  • The city of Coopersville is adjacent to the west, and the Coopersville ZIP code 49404 serves areas in the western and central parts of Wright Township.

References

  • Wright Township home page