Page "Novi Township, Michigan" Paragraph 2

Only a small portion of the original Township of Novi remains unincorporated.

The majority of the township incorporated first as the Village of Novi in 1958 and later into the City of Novi in 1969.

The northwest portion of the township was incorporated as part of the Village of Wixom, which later incorporated as the City of Wixom.

Portions of the township were also annexed into the Village of Northville in the early 1900s ( along Baseline Road ) and the City of Northville in the 1950s.

In the 1970s, several areas of the township which had been detached from the Village of Novi were annexed into the City of Novi following a long legal battle between the city and township.

These areas include the Hometown Novi Mobile Home Park and land that now includes portions of Chase Farm subdivision, Maples of Novi, and Island Lake of Novi.

Some of the legal disputes over the annexations were not resolved until 1984.