Chesterfield Township

Chesterfield Charter Township is a charter township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 37,405. The 2010 Census places the population at 43,381. The township was organized in 1842, formed out of a portion of Macomb Township. The Township is part of Metro Detroit. There are no incorporated villages in the Township and nine unincorporated communities in the Township: According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.7 square miles (80 km), of which, 27.9 square miles (72 km) of it is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km) of it (9.07%) is water. In the first decade of the 21st century, much of Chesterfield Township is dominated by subdivisions,...