Haring Township, Michigan
township in Wexford County, Michigan
Haring Township is a charter township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,556 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous township in Wexford County. The township has a boundary with the city of Cadillac, to the south.
Communities
Bond's Mill is a former settlement that began in 1872 when William Mitchell and Johnathon Cobbs opened sawmills along the shores of Clam Lake (now Lake Cadillac). A post office named Bond's Mill opened on October 30, 1872, and was named after the first postmaster Myron Bond. The post office operated until November 30, 1883.
Haring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within the township at 44°17′55″N 85°24′47″W just north of the city of Cadillac.
Missaukee Junction is an unincorporated community within the township at 44°18′32″N 85°24′52″W. Settled about 4.0 miles (6.4 km) north of the city of the Cadillac, it began as a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad around 1876. It was named after an Ottawa chief named Nesaukee.
Round Lake is a former lumber settlement located within the township along the lake of the same name.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Haring Township, Michigan” as township in Wexford County, Michigan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Wexford County, Michigan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5657616. Authority coordinates are 44.299, -85.413. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1872, 1883 and 1876.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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