Frenchtown Township, Michigan
| Frenchtown Charter Township | |
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| Charter township | |
Frenchtown Township Hall
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 Location within Monroe County, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 41°57′50″N 83°21′31″W / 41.96389°N 83.35861°WCoordinates: 41°57′50″N 83°21′31″W / 41.96389°N 83.35861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Monroe |
| Organized | 1837 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.3 sq mi (112.0 km2) |
| • Land | 42.1 sq mi (109.1 km2) |
| • Water | 1.1 sq mi (3.0 km2) 2.54% |
| Elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 20,428 |
| • Density | 493.4/sq mi (190.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 48117, 48162, 48166 |
| Area code | 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-30820 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626321 |
| Website | Official website |
Frenchtown Charter Township is a charter township of Monroe County in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,428 at the 2010 census. Frenchtown is the second most-populated township in Monroe County after Bedford Township. The township has no incorporated cities or villages but numerous unincorporated areas; it is bordered by the city of Monroe to the south, and the two jurisdictions are politically independent. Sterling State Park and the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station are located within the township.
This area was long occupied by Native Americans, including the historic Potawatomi. The Frenchtown area was settled by Europeans along the banks of the River Raisin in as early as 1784 by French Canadians, whose descendants are known as Muskrat French. Around the same time, the Sandy Creek Settlement was established near the main settlement of Frenchtown by Joseph Porlier Benec. This area became part of the United States after the Treaty of Paris (1783), specifically and sequentially part of the Northwest Territory (1787), Indiana Territory (1803), Michigan Territory (1805), and, finally, the State of Michigan (1837).
During the War of 1812, the area was the site of the Battle of Frenchtown, in which 397 Americans were killed by the British Army and Native American coalition; this was the highest number of American fatalities of any battle during the war. The battlefield site today is within the River Raisin National Battlefield Park, which was designated in 2009 and falls within the present-day city limits of Monroe.
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