Breitung Charter Township, Michigan

Charter township in Michigan, United States

45°48′31″N 88°01′47″W / 45.80861°N 88.02972°W / 45.80861; -88.02972CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyDickinsonEstablished1876Government

^[1]

• SupervisorDenny Olson • ClerkWendy LarsonArea

• Total67.89 sq mi (175.83 km²) • Land64.27 sq mi (166.46 km²) • Water3.62 sq mi (9.38 km²)Elevation

1,161 ft (354 m)Population

(2020)

• Total5,831 • Density91.1/sq mi (35.2/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code(s)

49801 (Iron Mountain)
49802 (Kingsford)
49870 (Norway)
49876 (Quinnesec)

Area code906FIPS code26-10220^[2]GNIS feature ID1625974^[3]WebsiteOfficial website

Breitung Charter Township is a charter township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,831.

History

The township is named after Edward Breitung, a miner and U.S. Representative from Michigan.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 68.3 square miles (177 km²), of which, 65.1 square miles (169 km²) of it is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) of it (4.70%) is water.

Communities

The cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford are in the southwest of the township, but are administratively autonomous.
East Kingsford is a part of the Kingsford urban area, located in the township just east of the city boundary at 45°47′42″N 88°03′52″W / 45.79500°N 88.06444°W / 45.79500; -88.06444.^[5]
Granite Bluff is an unincorporated community between Meriman and Randville at 45°56′22″N 88°03′13″W / 45.93944°N 88.05361°W / 45.93944; -88.05361.^[6]
Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at 45°55′03″N 88°03′20″W / 45.91750°N 88.05556°W / 45.91750; -88.05556^[7]
Quinnesec is an unincorporated community, defined as a census-designated place in the township, just east of Kingsford and Iron Mountain.
Skidmore is an unincorporated community.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	5,930	—
2010	5,853	−1.3%
2020	5,831	−0.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 5,930 people, 2,354 households, and 1,727 families residing in the township. The population density was 91.1 inhabitants per square mile (35.2/km²). There were 2,601 housing units at an average density of 40.0 per square mile (15.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.35% White, 0.03% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.44% of the population in 2000. By the 2020 census, its population was 5,831.

References

^ Michigan Townships Association (2023). "Breitung Charter Township, Dickinson County, Michigan". Retrieved January 15, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breitung Charter Township, Michigan
^ 'Glimpses Of Early Dickinson County,' William J. Cummings, March 2004
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Kingsford, Michigan
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Granite Bluff, Michigan
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Merriman, Michigan
^ "Skidmore, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "United States Census Bureau QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2022.