The CDP of Edgemont Park is located in the north end of the western section of the township.

[7] The cities of Lansing and East Lansing have incorporated much of the land that formerly constituted the township reducing the township from its original 36 square miles (93 km2) to its current 4.9 square miles (13 km2) in six disconnected land areas.

The western section of the township is the largest, and traditionally included many of the township's industrial developments, including the large General Motors Lansing Craft Center and neighboring Lansing Metal Center automobile factories, both of which were closed in early 2006 and demolished in 2008.

[10][11] Also in the western part are the former Waverly Golf Course and the adjacent Michigan Avenue Park.

[12] The CDP (census-designated place) of Edgemont Park is also located in this section of the township north of Saginaw Street (M-43) .

The northeastern section of the township is heavily industrialized west of Wood Road.

However, since 2002, the area east of Wood Road has been developed as the 'downtown' of the township with the construction of the Eastwood Towne Center, one of the largest shopping malls in Metropolitan Lansing.

The northern portions of these sections include parts of the Groesbeck neighborhood north Grand River Avenue and east of Wood Road.

The board consists of an elected township supervisor, clerk and treasurer with four additional trustees.