Lenawee County, Michigan
Franklin Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Rural township in northwestern Lenawee County within the Irish Hills lake region, home to 3,063 residents across 38.5 square miles of land and containing the unincorporated community of Tipton
Living in Franklin Township
Home to Michigan State University's Hidden Lake Gardens, a 755-acre botanical garden and arboretum in Tipton with a conservatory, roughly 12 miles of trails, and an elevated Canopy Walk rising nearly 70 feet above a kettle-hole. Source: ipf.msu.edu
Homes in Franklin Township
What makes Franklin Township home
Hidden Lake Gardens
Michigan State University's 755-acre botanical garden and arboretum in Tipton, with a conservatory, about 12 miles of trails, a bonsai collection, and the Reach for the Sky Canopy Walk that opened in 2023
Davenport House
Greek Revival former tavern and hotel at 1280 US-12 near Tipton, built around 1861 on the old Chicago Road, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 and a Michigan State Historic Site since 1971
John W. and Erena Alexander Rogers Keeney Farm
256-acre apple orchard along M-50 that the Keeney family has owned since 1835, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001
Sand Lake
All-sports lake in Franklin Township with a Michigan DNR public boat launch, a hard-surface ramp, and parking for 24 vehicles
Round Lake
All-sports lake shared by Franklin and Cambridge townships, regulated by a state watercraft-control order that limits high-speed boating and water skiing
Franklin Township areas to know
Tipton
Unincorporated community at the junction of M-50 and Tipton Highway, founded in 1831 and originally called Franklin Center, then Tripp Town
Evans Lake
Lake settlement in the township that had its own post office from 1890 to 1900