Breitung Charter Township, Michigan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.

Breitung Charter Township (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".) 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.[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which, Script error: No such module "convert". of it is land and Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[2]
  • Granite Bluff is an unincorporated community between Meriman and Randville at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[3]
  • Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[4]
  • 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.[5]

Demographics

<templatestyles src="US Census population/styles.css"/>

Historical population
CensusPop.Template:Sronly
20005,930
20105,853Script error: No such module "String".%
20205,831Script error: No such module "String".%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 5,930 people, 2,354 households, and 1,727 families residing in the township. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 2,601 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. 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

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. 'Glimpses Of Early Dickinson County,' William J. Cummings, March 2004
  2. Template:Gnis
  3. Template:Gnis
  4. Template:Gnis
  5. Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Script error: No such module "Navbox".