Cohoctah Township, Michigan
Cohoctah Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,394 at the 2000 census. It is located in the northwest quadrant of the county, bordered by Conway Township to the west, Deerfield Township to the east, and Howell Township to the south. To the north is Shiawassee County.
History
Cohoctah Township was first organized in 1838 with the name of Tuscola Township. It was renamed Bristol Township in 1857 and given its current name in 1867.
Communities
Farming is the primary use of land, with only three small towns serving as population centers:
Cohoctah is an unincorporated community in the northeast quadrant of the township at the junction of Oak Grove Rd and Cohoctah Rd at 42°45′35″N 83°56′55″W / 42.75972°N 83.94861°W / 42.75972; -83.94861 The ZIP code is 48816. There is a small general store, a gas station, a feed supply store, and a machine shop. It started around a grain elevator in 1886.
Cohoctah Center is an unincorporated community, which despite its name, is somewhat to the northwest of the center of Cohoctah Township at 42°45′18″N 83°59′13″W / 42.75500°N 83.98694°W / 42.75500; -83.98694. It was settled in 1833 by Lyman Boughton and Gilbert Prentiss. The town was also called Sprungtown for Isaac Sprung, one of its more prominent citizens. It is the site of the township hall, but has no retail or commercial establishments.
