Grosse Ile Township, Michigan

Grosse Ile Township, Michigan
Civil township
Aerial view of Grosse Ile Township looking north
Location within Wayne County
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Coordinates: 42°07′48″N 83°09′37″W / 42.13000°N 83.16028°W / 42.13000; -83.16028
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Wayne
Settled	1776
Organized	1914
Government
• Supervisor	Brian Loftus
• Clerk	Ute O'Connor
Area
• Civil township	18.67 sq mi (48.36 km2)
• Land	9.20 sq mi (23.83 km2)
• Water	9.47 sq mi (24.53 km2)
Elevation	594 ft (181 m)
Population  (2020)
• Civil township	10,788
• Density	1,127.3/sq mi (435.3/km2)
• Metro	4,285,832 (Metro Detroit)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	48138 (Grosse Ile) 48192 (Wyandotte)
Area code	734
FIPS code	26-35420[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626407[2]
Website	grosseile.com

Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,777 at the 2020 census.^[3]

The township encompasses several islands in the Detroit River, of which the largest is named as Grosse Ile. Named by French explorers in 1679, Grosse Île means "Big Island". Later taken under British rule after 1763, the island was not settled by European Americans until after the United States achieved independence in the American Revolutionary War. Grosse Ile Township was organized in 1914 after it split away from Monguagon Township.