According to the book "Michigan Place Names", China was first settled when Samuel Ward and William Gallagher built a dam in a grist mill here in 1825. On March 17, 1834 China became an organized township, named China by Capt. John Clarke, one of the area´s first settlers. He was born in Bath, Maine in 1797 and died in East China in 1876.
Read more at:  https://home.comcast.net/~chinatownship/twphistory.htm

Township Hall:  4560 Indian Trail  (810) 765-1145

Events:    Easter Egg Hunt 
                  Township Picnic
                  Corn Roast
                  Halloween Party
                  Christmas Party

Township Park: 
https://home.comcast.net/~chinatownship/twppark.htm

https://home.comcast.net/~chinatownship/parksrec.htm

Population:      3,340 (2000)
Median Age:    37.2 years
Median Family Income    $63,100

Community Profile:
https://home.comcast.net/~chinatownship/profile.htm

Information taken from China Township website
www.chinatownship.net