Washtenaw County, Michigan
Northfield Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Lake-and-farm township north of Ann Arbor settled by Irish Catholics in the 1820s, centered today on the Whitmore Lake community
Living in Northfield Township
Home of the oldest English-speaking Catholic parish in Michigan, founded on this site in 1831. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Income$90,233 median household
Education36.3% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyWashtenaw County
Homes in Northfield Township
Owner-occupied80.4% of occupied housing units
Single-family detached homes74.8% of housing units
Median home value$286,300
What makes Northfield Township home
St. Patrick's Parish Complex
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Parish founded as St. Brigid with an 1831 log church, the oldest English-speaking Catholic parish in Michigan; the 1878 Gothic Revival church joined the National Register in 1982
Whitmore Lake
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The township's namesake lake community on the Washtenaw-Livingston line
St. Patrick's cemetery and rectory
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Historic burial ground of the Irish settlers ministered by Father Patrick O'Kelly from 1829
Whitmore Lake waters
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Swimming and boating lake anchoring the township's largest community
Township rural lands
Source: twp-northfield.org
Farm and wetland country between Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake