Akron Township, Michigan
Akron Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,379 at the 2020 Census. Communities The village of Akron is in the southern part of the township straddling the boundary between Akron Township to the north and Fairgrove Township to the south. The Akron post office, with ZIP code 48701, also serves the southern and western portions of Akron Township. Bay Park is an unincorporated community on the border of the Township with Wisner Township on Saginaw Bay west of Vassar Road and Bay Park Road at . It was platted as a subdivision on June 5, 1885. Wisner is an unincorporated community on the boundary between Akron Township to the east and Wisner Township to the west. Thomas is an unincorporated community in the northern part of the township on Saginaw Bay at . Thomas was platted in three sections: Thomas Fisheries (1942), Thomas Park (1947) and Thomas (1957) subdivisions. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (7.05%) is water. The civil township comprises most of survey townships 14 and 15 north of range 8 east.