Washtenaw County, Michigan
Augusta Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Farm township of about 7,000 in southeast Washtenaw County where 60 percent of the land still grows crops and residents choose open land over development
Living in Augusta Township
One of Washtenaw County's most agricultural townships, with 60 percent of its 36 square miles still farmed. Source: augustatownship.org
Homes in Augusta Township
What makes Augusta Township home
Whittaker crossroads
Hamlet first called Augusta Center, renamed after Franklin B. Whittaker's trackside general store took all the rail deliveries; its township hall dates to 1867
Willis rail hamlet
Founded when the Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad laid tracks by Howell's General Store; its creamery once handled 50,000 pounds of milk a day
Protected farmland landscape
About 60 percent of the 36-square-mile township remains in farming, much of it under land protection
Rural open lands
Residents have repeatedly voted to keep land rural and open rather than develop it
Township community grounds
Civic grounds serving the Whittaker and Willis communities
Augusta Township areas to know
Willis
Rail-era hamlet along the former Detroit, Butler and St. Louis line