Southfield Township, Michigan
Southfield Township, Michigan | |
|---|---|
Downtown Franklin in 2013 | |
Location within Oakland County showing the administered villages of Franklin (1), Bingham Farms (2), and Beverly Hills (3), with the remaining unincorporated area in red | |
| Coordinates: 42°31′27″N 83°15′16″W / 42.52417°N 83.25444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Oakland |
| Organized | 1830 |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | James M. O’Reilly |
| • Clerk | Eileen Harryvan |
| Area | |
| 8.06 sq mi (20.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 8.05 sq mi (20.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 14,886 | |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,296,250 (Metro Detroit) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 48025 (Franklin) |
| Area code(s) | 248 |
| FIPS code | 26-74920 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1627096 |
| Website | Official website |
Southfield Township is a civil township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It contains the villages of Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, and Franklin; though two small areas, comprising 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2), remain unincorporated. As of the 2020 census, the township's population was 14,886, including the villages; the unincorporated areas' population was 31.
Organized in 1830, the township once occupied a much larger area, before the cities of Lathrup Village and Southfield incorporated into cities in the 1950s.