Shiawassee County, Michigan
Hazelton Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Rural farming township in northern Shiawassee County covering 37.33 square miles, surrounding the separately incorporated village of New Lothrop, with Misteguay Creek flowing north through its eastern farmland and a 2020 census population of 2,054
Living in Hazelton Township
Named for brothers George, Edgar, and Porter Hazelton, who received most of the township's land in 1849 as payment from the State of Michigan for building a Flint River bridge, then sold it to settlers. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Homes in Hazelton Township
What makes Hazelton Township home
Misteguay Creek
Creek that flows northward through the eastern part of the township, a defining natural feature of its farmland
Hazelton (Ratville)
Historic 19th-century settlement near the township center at the junction of New Lothrop and Henderson roads; by 1863 it had about 400 residents, a post office, a general store, and three churches, and lost its post office in 1902
Methodist Episcopal Church of New Lothrop marker
Michigan historical marker for the church organized in February 1889, whose sanctuary and belfry were built that year from locally cut timber; located within the incorporated village of New Lothrop at Orchard and Butternut streets, not the surrounding township
Hazelton Township areas to know
New Lothrop
Separately incorporated village in the northeast part of the township, incorporated April 11, 1947; maintains its own record
Juddville
Unincorporated community in the southern part of the township at Durand and Juddville roads; its Judd's Corners post office was established in June 1879 and closed in 1902