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is a civil township of Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and a part of Metro Detroit. The population was 50,478 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 71,173 as of the 2007 census bureau estimate, making it Michigan's fastest growing major municipality.
The early founders of Macomb Township arrived in the early 1800s in search of flat and fertile farmland, like that near the Clinton River. Many of these early settlers were of German descent, and the German influences remain today. The Township of Macomb was officially approved by the Legislative Council on March 7, 1834.
The township was named in honor of General Alexander Macomb a highly decorated veteran of the War of 1812; his successful mercantile family owned most of Macomb County at one time.
Macomb Township was also a large part of the lumber and logging industry of Southeast Michigan in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Logs would be transported south from Wolcott Mill in Ray Township, down the Middle Branch Clinton River to sawmills. This route became known as Romeo Plank, and is the name of the modern-day road that runs down the same route.