The township straddles two watershed divides, with most of its land draining west into the Kalamazoo River watershed while its northeast corner lies in the Grand River watershed source
Community character
Rural farming township in western Jackson County bordering Calhoun County, covering about 36.4 square miles and crossed by Interstate 94 with four exits roughly 6 miles west of Albion and 14 miles east of Jackson; it contains the unincorporated community of Devereaux and adjoins the incorporated village of Parma at its southeast corner source
Devereaux
Unincorporated former railroad village at the junction of Devereaux Road and Lilac Lane in the northern part of the township, established in 1872 as a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad stop; the old general store building from the 1870s still stands source
Parma Township cemeteries
Parma Township maintains six township cemeteries, including Parma Cemetery south of 2496 N. Parma Road, Smithfield Cemetery on West Michigan Avenue, Wright Cemetery on Eaton Rapids Road, and the King and Hickory Grove cemeteries on Devereaux Road source
Parma
Incorporated village at the township's southeast corner that is a separate municipality, partially extending into neighboring Sandstone Charter Township source
Devereaux
Unincorporated community established in 1872, named for Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad official J. H. Devereux, with an 'a' mistakenly added to the name source
