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Grattan Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 3,551.GeographyGrattan Township is one of the eastern tier of townships in Kent County, and its center is about 20mi northeast of Grand Rapids and nearly the same distance northwest of Ionia. The township is surrounded by Oakfield, Canno
n and Vergennes townships in Kent County and Otisco Township in Ionia County.State highway M-44 bisects the township west to east.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.9 square miles (96 km2), of which, 35.0 square miles (91 km2) of it is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) of it (5.28%) is water. There are at least 25 lakes in the township, varying in size from 30 acres (120,000 m2) to 300 acres (1.2 km2) each. Many of these find a natural outlet through Seely Creek, the only stream of note in the township, and which empties into the Flat River near Smyrna in Ionia County.
