Blair Township (/bleɪər/ BLAY-ər) is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 8,994, making it the most populous civil township in Grand Traverse County. Blair Township is named after Austin Blair, Michigan's governor during the American Civil War. The northern half of Blair Township is very suburbanized, as it is relatively close to Traverse City, while the southern half remains very rural and agricultural.