Keeler Township, Michigan

Keeler Township, Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan is located in Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan
Location within the state of Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan is located in the United States
Keeler Township, Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan
Keeler Township, Michigan (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°6′21″N 86°10′33″W / 42.10583°N 86.17583°W / 42.10583; -86.17583
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyVan Buren
Area
 • Total35.0 sq mi (90.7 km2)
 • Land34.0 sq mi (88.1 km2)
 • Water1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,968
 • Density56/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code26-42500[1]
GNIS feature ID1626555[2]
A 1906 cadastral map of Keeler Township, showing property lines and names of rural landowners

Keeler Township is a civil township in Van Buren County, Michigan, USA. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,968.[3]

Keeler Township is largely agricultural, though it has a large influx of summer visitors who own cottages or stay at summer resorts in the Sister Lakes area in the township's southwest corner.[4] The Sister Lakes area, though unincorporated, has the largest collection of retail establishments in the township. (The area extends into adjacent Silver Creek Township in Cass County.)

Township offices are in Keeler, which also has some stores.

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keeler Township, Michigan
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, R.L. (2007). Sister Lakes. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5146-3.