Jackson County, Michigan
Tompkins Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Rural, agricultural township in northwestern Jackson County, established in 1838 and named for New York Governor Daniel B. Tompkins by settlers from Tompkins County, New York, where the Grand River and Sandstone Creek wind through farmland first worked by the Townley family in 1832 Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know Tompkins Township best.
About the area
Living in Tompkins Township, MI
The township's public park and its heritage museum both trace to a single gift: the late J. Sheridan Stewart donated 175 acres along Tompkins Road, plus his farmhouse and barns, to Tompkins Township for perpetual public use, and the farmstead now houses the Tompkins Center Historical Society museum while the surrounding land is developed as a township recreation area.
The housing market
Homes in Tompkins Township
- 78.8% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied.
- 81.2% of housing units are single-family detached homes.
- Median home value of $189,500.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes Tompkins Township home
Tompkins Center Historical Society museum
Farmhouse museum at 10138 Tompkins Road on the former Stewart farmstead, preserving the history of the township's small farming community with an 1880s one-room schoolhouse, a working windmill, a log cabin, and blacksmith and rug-loom demonstrations
Grand River public access
The Grand River flows through the township with two Michigan DNR public river entrances, at Tompkins Road and at Dixon Road, used for fishing, boating, and canoeing
Freedom Festival
Annual weekend heritage festival hosted by the Tompkins Center Historical Society since 2005, featuring steam engines, military and Native American encampments, and weaving, logging, and tractor exhibits that draw visitors from several states
Minard Mill County Park
Roughly five-acre Jackson County park at the corner of Minard and Springport roads, on the site of the old Minard mill on Sandstone Creek, with a creek, a pavilion with electrical outlets, a wheelchair-accessible restroom, and new 2025 playground equipment
Stewart Property
Township-owned recreation area on Tompkins Road, 175 acres donated by the late J. Sheridan Stewart, with about three miles of maintained walking and horse trails, the Hunter Wood Memorial Pavilion, 21 rustic campsites, and ball fields behind the township hall
Neighborhoods
Tompkins Township areas to know
Tompkins Center
Historic unincorporated hamlet and the township's namesake, settled in 1832 by Nicholas Townley and his sons, that grew around a grist mill on Sandstone Creek and once held a sawmill, general store, blacksmith shop, and the Tompkins House stagecoach stop on the Clinton Trail before its post office closed in 1904
Minard
Former mill settlement on Sandstone Creek, now part of Tompkins Township, remembered at the old Minard mill site that Jackson County maintains as Minard Mill County Park at Minard and Springport roads
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