Waterford Township is a charter township in the geographic center of Oakland County, Michigan, United States.In 2012, the population of Waterford Township, Michigan was 72,166.CommunitiesWaterford Township has five unincorporated communities: Clintonville is located on Walton Boulevard between Clintonville Road and Sashabaw Road. Drayton Plains is located at Dixie Highway on the west end of Loon Lake. Elizabeth Lake is an historic resort community located on Elizabeth Lake. Four Towns is located at Lochaven Road and Cooley Lake Road. Waterford Village is an historic village located at Dixie Highway and Andersonville Road.HistoryLewis Cass, the third governor of Michigan Territory, established the boundaries of Oakland County in 1819. Waterford Township was organized in 1834.In 1818, Oliver Williams selected land in Oakland County which he purchased for two dollars an acre. Archibald Phillips and Alpheus Williams purchased 161.40acre in what later became Waterford Village.
