Hartland Township, Michigan
township in Livingston County, Michigan, United States
Hartland Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,256 at the 2020 census, up from 14,663 at the 2010 census.
Communities
Hallers Corners is an unincorporated community at the border with Tyrone Township at Denton Hill and Holtforth roads (42°41′41″N 83°42′13″W).
Hartland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place situated near the center of the township, just north of the junction of U.S. 23 and M-59.
Parshallville is an unincorporated community partially located in the northwest corner of the township.
Geography
Hartland Township is in eastern Livingston County and is bordered to the east by Oakland County. U.S. Route 23 crosses the township as a four-lane freeway, with access from Exit 67 (Highway M-59) and Exit 70 (Clyde Road). US 23 leads north 28 miles (45 km) to Flint and south the same distance to Ann Arbor. M-59 crosses the township south of Hartland village, leading east 24 miles (39 km) to Pontiac and west 10 miles (16 km) to Howell, the Livingston county seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.3 square miles (96.6 km2), of which 35.9 square miles (92.9 km2) are land and 1.4 square miles (3.7 km2), or 3.86%, are water.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hartland Township, Michigan” is township in Livingston County, Michigan, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hartland, Township and Michigan, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Livingston County, Michigan, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5674774. Authority coordinates are 42.639, -83.736. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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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