Garden Township, Michigan

Garden Township, Michigan
Location within Delta County (red) and the administered village of Garden (pink)
Location within Delta County (red) and the administered village of Garden (pink)
Garden Township is located in Michigan
Garden Township
Garden Township
Location within the state of Michigan
Garden Township is located in the United States
Garden Township
Garden Township
Garden Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°58′06″N 86°32′17″W / 45.96833°N 86.53806°W / 45.96833; -86.53806
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyDelta
Government
 • SupervisorRichard Pichette
Area
 • Total184.4 sq mi (477.6 km2)
 • Land159.9 sq mi (414.2 km2)
 • Water24.5 sq mi (63.4 km2)
Elevation
610 ft (186 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total772
 • Density4.2/sq mi (1.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49817, 49835, 49854, 49878, 49895
Area code906
FIPS code26-31400[1]
GNIS feature ID1626333[2]

Garden Township is a civil township of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 772, up from 750 at the 2010 census.[3] In 2012, it became home to the first wind farm in the Upper Peninsula, the 28 MW Garden Wind Farm.[4]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garden Township, Michigan
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Garden Wind Farm[permanent dead link], Heritage Sustainable Energy