[2] However, county voters on August 3, 2004, approved a proposal to build a new governmental center in adjacent Suttons Bay Township; the move to the new facility was completed in 2008.

North Manitou Island is politically part of Leland Township.

The uninhabited North Manitou Island is located within Leland Township.

As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 2,033 people, 818 households, and 589 families residing in the township.

24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.