This township is situated in the northeastern part of the county next east of the principal meridian, and is bounded north by Shiawasse County, south by the township of Wheatfield, east by Locke, and west by Meridian. It is the smallest in area of any township in the county, containing less than thirty government sections, by reason of the convergence of range-lines, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31 being cut off on the west along the meridian-line. Its total area from this cause is reduced from 23, 040 acres, the area of a full congressional township, to about 20,000 acres. The sections along the north line, however, are more than full, each one containing about 120 acres surplus.

Tthe principal water-course is the Cedar River, which traverses in a tortuous course sections 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, and 36 in a general direction bearing north of west. It is quite a rapid stream and furnishes considerable hydraulic power at the village of Williamston. Its average width through the township, where not enlarged by dams or islands, is about 60 to 100 feet.

The principal tributary of Cedar River is Coon Creek, which rises in the northeastern part of the township and, flowing in a southerly direction, discharges into the Cedar River on section 27. A half dozen smaller creeks and springbrooks discharge into the river at various points. A string of three small lakelets on section 1 discharge north into the Looking-Glass River, and a small creek on section 5 also runs north into the same stream. Springs are very abundant in this township.

Taken from:
"History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Miichigan", by Samuel W. Durant
Published by D. W. Ensign & Co.; Philadelphia, 1880.
Pages 333