Lapeer Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,078 at the 2000 census. The name is an Americanization of the French "la pierre", which means 'flint' or 'flint stone'.Communities The City of Lapeer is located to the northwest and incorporates land from the township, but is administratively autonomous. The Lapeer post office, with ZIP code 48446, also serves most of Lapeer Township. Hunters Creek is an unincorporated community in the southern part of township at. The settlement was named for the nearby stream and dates from approximately 1836. A post office opened on October 30, 1857, with Harris M. Tripp as the first postmaster. It became a station on the Detroit and Bay City Railroad in 1872. John Clark built a sawmill and shingle mill in 1873. The community and township of Attica is to the east, and the Attica Post Office, with ZIP code 48412, also serves a portion of eastern Lapeer Township. The village of Metamora is to the south, and the Metamora post office, with ZIP code 48455, also serves portions of southern Lapeer Township.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.3sqmi, of which 32.0sqmi is land and 0.3sqmi (0.99%) is water.
