

The population density was 41.5 inhabitants per square mile (16.0/km 2). Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.5 km 2), of which 35.5 square miles (92.0 km 2) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km 2) (0.50%) is water.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 1,474 people, 566 households, and 395 families residing in the township.

The community of Blanchard is to the southeast, and the Blanchard ZIP code 49310 also serves a small area of Wheatland Township.The village of Mecosta is to the west, and the Mecosta ZIP code 49332 also serves a small area of Wheatland Township.

The Remus ZIP code 49340 serves most of Wheatland Township, as well as a large portion of Sheridan Township to the north, a small area of Millbrook Township to the south, and portions of Sherman Township, Broomfield Township, and Fremont Township to the east in Isabella County. The office was renamed Remus on March 15, 1880, after William John Remus, a landowner who had surveyed the area. A post office named Bingen was established on July 20, 1877, with Christian W. Settlement moved to the present site in 1869 to be on the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad line.
