Settling in the eastern part of the township in or near what is now Galesburg were Nathaniel Matthews, Ralph Tuttle, Sherman Cummings, George Townsend, and Nathan Cothren.

[11] The Kalamazoo River flows from east to west through the center of the township, including through Morrow Lake, a reservoir.

A densely populated portion of the township adjacent to the city of Kalamazoo is part of the census-designated place (CDP), Comstock Northwest.

The Norfolk Southern and the Grand Trunk Western \ Canadian National railroads provide freight rail service within the township.

Amtrak provides passenger rail service 4 miles west in nearby downtown Kalamazoo.

Interurban electric rail service that ran from Kalamazoo to Battle Creek through the township ended in 1929.

The Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport is 5 miles southwest in nearby Kalamazoo and provides daily commercial passenger and freight service.

The fertile soil along the Kalamazoo River valley led the Comstock area to become known as the "Bedding Plant Capital of the World".

Hundreds of thousands of plants, many varieties of which can be found throughout the county's parks and boulevards, are sold each year to retail garden centers nationwide.

[16] Midlink Business Park is a multi-use commercial center that was once the home of a General Motors Fisher Body plant located in Comstock Township.

Following the closure of the GM plant in 1998, the site was purchased by a mix of public and private partners to transform the 2.2 million-square-foot facility into a business park.