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. Remus is an unincorporated community near the center of the township at 43☃5′48″N 85☀8′41″W / 43.59667°N 85.14472°W / 43.59667 -85.14472 ( Remus, Michigan) It was at first called Bingen, and was located about three miles (5 km) west of the current site, where there was a sawmill and several other buildings.
The population was 1,474 at the 2000 census. Wheatland Township is a civil township of Mecosta County in the U.S.