Livingston County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Hartland Township
Hartland is a 37-square-mile Livingston County township of about 15,300 people that sits astride the crossing of US-23 and M-59, exactly halfway between Flint and Ann Arbor at 28 miles from each. We measure the indoor environment and explain it.
Hartland Township at ground level
Hartland Township covers 37.3 square miles in eastern Livingston County at the junction of US-23 and M-59, counted 15,256 residents in the 2020 census, and includes the unincorporated communities of Hartland, Parshallville, and Hallers Corners. On the record: Friendly by Nature, the tagline on the Hartland Township logo. Those residents occupy about 5,062 households. Public education consolidated slowly. A K-12 school opened in 1921 on Hartland Road near downtown; by 1951 the last of fifteen rural districts had been annexed, forming the present Hartland Consolidated Schools boundaries. The 1921 building was demolished in 2003 when the current high school opened.
How the housing sits
Of units counted in 2023, 78.5% are detached single-family homes and 88.4% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 36.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Building is recorded here from 1858. An older envelope handles air and moisture differently. Among the local landmarks: Cromaine District Library, 3688 N. Hartland Rd. Ground broken 1926, completed 1927, addition 1980.
Water at Ore Creek changes what humidity does, so moisture and condensation get the longest look.
Named places in Hartland Township:
- Hartland Music Hall. The 1858 First Congregational Church building became the Hartland Music Hall in 1932 and carries a 1986 Michigan historical marker.
- Cromaine District Library. J. Robert Crouse Sr. and Henry A. Tremaine built the library in 1927 and presented it to the Hartland Consolidated School District.
- Parshallville Cider Mill. The 1869 grist mill on the banks of Ore Creek in Hartland Township now operates as a seasonal cider mill.
- Settlers Park. The 100 acre park next to Township Hall on Clark Road offers a 1.4 mile paved path and almost 7 miles of natural surface trails.
- Hartland Heritage Field. The roughly 30 acre park on M-59 west of Fenton Road holds athletic fields, a playground, a picnic pavilion, and a concession stand.
Where the addresses are
Hartland Township also contains 3 smaller settlements: Hartland, Parshallville and Hallers Corners. Hartland: Census-designated place at the township's historic village center. Parshallville: Mill hamlet on Ore Creek around the 1869 grist mill. Addresses fall in 48114, 48353, 48380, 48430, 48442, 48843 and 48855. The township straddles a drainage divide. Its northern half drains through North Ore Creek to the Shiawassee River and Saginaw Bay, reaching Lake Huron; its southern half drains through South Ore Creek to the Huron River and Lake Erie.