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Flint Township, Genesee County

Well-Known Places in Flint Township

Genesee Valley Center, Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, Flint Township Park.

Flint Township Business Districts

• Linden Road
• Miller Road
• Lennon Road

Major Employers in Flint Township

Genesee Valley Center, Dort Federal Credit Union, Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, General Motors (Flint Assembly).

About Flint Township, Genesee County

Flint Township is an L-shaped charter township of about 31,400 people that wraps around the west and south flanks of the City of Flint, close enough to share the name but a completely separate government. It is Genesee County's retail and logistics hinge: the 1.3-million-square-foot Genesee Valley Center anchors Miller and Linden Roads, Bishop International Airport sits against its edge, and I-75, I-69 and US-23 all converge about a mile away. Roughly 100,000 vehicles a day pour into a township that twice came within a ballot question of erasing itself into a new city.

History of Flint Township

• Elijah Carman and family were the first permanent settlers, building the first log cabin in 1835. The territory had been organized as part of Grand Blanc Township on March 9, 1833.
• Flint Township was formally organized on March 2, 1836. The Jesse Torrey family followed in October 1836, settling roughly 400 acres; other pioneer surnames include Dye, Utley, Bristol, Carter and Miller. The township hall still stands at 1490 S. Dye Road.
• The Fentonville Plank Toll Road was built in 1851 at a toll of one cent per mile, hauling freight wagons between Detroit and Flint along what is now Fenton Road.

Landmarks and Places in Flint Township

• Genesee Valley Center, at Miller and Linden Roads, the enclosed regional mall that defines the township's commercial identity.
• Bishop International Airport, named for banker and General Motors board member Arthur Giles Bishop, whose family transferred 220 acres of farmland to the City of Flint for aeronautical purposes in 1928. It now covers 1,550 acres.
• The I-69 / I-75 interchange, which physically splits the L-shaped township in two.

The Flint Township Economy

• Genesee Valley Center opened August 8, 1970, developed by Shopping Centers Inc. (the retail development arm of Detroit's Hudson's) and designed by architect Victor Gruen. It launched with 56 tenants anchored by Hudson's and Sears.
• After 1993 expansions the mall reached roughly 1,300,000 square feet, making it the largest mall in Michigan north of Detroit. It is now owned by Namdar Realty Group.
• The mall's anchor base has thinned sharply: Sears and Burlington closed in 2018 and Macy's closed March 23, 2025, leaving JCPenney as the sole remaining anchor.

Community Life in Flint Township

• Genesee Valley Center has been the region's shopping and gathering anchor since 1970, and remains the default "meet me at the mall" landmark for Genesee County.
• Three districts split the township: Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools serves most of it, with portions in Swartz Creek Community Schools and Flushing Community Schools. C.S. Mott Community College serves the wider region.
• Township-run community events include the Flint Township Bunny Trail, National Night Out, the Pick It Up Campaign under a "Clean Streets Safe Streets" banner, and Celebrate America 250 programming.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.flinttownship.org, www.flinttownship.org