Monroe County, Michigan
Ash Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Ash Township covers 34.84 square miles of northeastern Monroe County along the Wayne County line, counted 7,860 residents at the 2020 census, and contains the village of Carleton as its only incorporated community
Living in Ash Township
The Pennsylvania Railroad line opened through Carleton to Detroit in 1920 was the last new main line route built by a major railroad in Michigan. Source: michigan.gov
Homes in Ash Township
What makes Ash Township home
Carleton Historical Society Museum
Local history society founded in 1997 that preserves artifacts and records from the village of Carleton and Ash Township
Potter Cemetery Historical Marker
Michigan Historical Commission marker at an 1847 burial ground in Ash Township whose landlocked access dispute led to Public Act 525 of 2012
Buzzwick Airport
Privately owned public use turf airfield three nautical miles south of Carleton with a 2,575 foot runway
Unity Park
Ash Township park at 1677 Ready Road with a playground, fishing pond, and rentable pavilion
Ash Carleton Park
Community park at 12899 Horan Street with a rentable pavilion and lighted ball fields overseen by a park commission
Ash Township areas to know
Carleton
Incorporated village of 2,326 residents in western Ash Township platted in 1872 and named for poet Will Carleton
Grafton
Unincorporated community along the railway line in Ash Township that had a post office from 1850 to 1903