[3] Sharing a southern border with the city of Toledo, Ohio, about 45 miles (72 km) southwest of the city of Detroit, the township is one of the southernmost areas included in the Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area (Metro Detroit).

Early on, a log church named St. Joseph sur la Baie Miami was built here.

In the same year, the Toledo Strip portion of Erie Township was given to the state of Ohio.

[8] The last boundary change within Erie Township came in 1973 when the Supreme Court of the United States intervened on a border dispute involving the small and uninhabited Turtle Island, 2 miles (3 km) offshore in Lake Erie.

The township also includes the North Maumee Bay Archeological District and portions of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

It is located on Point Place Peninsula, which is bordered by the Ottawa River on the west and Maumee Bay on the east.

The Toledo neighborhood of Point Place borders Lost Peninsula to the south.

The state of Ohio borders to the south, including portions of the city of Toledo and Washington Township.

The majority of Erie Township is served by Mason Consolidated Schools, while very small portions of the western border are served by Bedford Public Schools to the west in Bedford Township.