Southfield Township, Michigan

Southfield Township, Michigan
Civil township
Downtown Franklin in 2013
Location within Oakland County showing the administered villages of Franklin (1), Bingham Farms (2), and Beverly Hills (3), with the remaining unincorporated area in red
Southfield Township Location within the state of Michigan Show map of Michigan Southfield Township Southfield Township (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 42°31′27″N 83°15′16″W / 42.52417°N 83.25444°W / 42.52417; -83.25444
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Oakland
Organized	1830
Government
• Supervisor	James M. O’Reilly
• Clerk	Eileen Harryvan
Area
• Civil township	8.06 sq mi (20.9 km2)
• Land	8.05 sq mi (20.8 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Population  (2020)
• Civil township	14,886
• Density	1,800/sq mi (710/km2)
• Metro	4,296,250 (Metro Detroit)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code(s)	48025 (Franklin)
Area code(s)	248
FIPS code	26-74920[1]
GNIS feature ID	1627096[2]
Website	Official website

Southfield Township is a civil township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Today, the majority of the township consists of three suburban villages; Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, and Franklin; though two small areas, comprising 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²), remain unincorporated. As of the 2020 census, the township's population was 14,886, including the villages; the unincorporated areas' population was 31.^[3] Organized in 1830, the township once occupied a much larger area, before the cities of Lathrup Village and Southfield incorporated into cities in the 1950s.