Newton Township is a

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Mackinac County Mackinac County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, the population was 10,834. The county seat is St. Ignace, Michigan, St. Ignace. Forme ...

in the U.S. state of

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. As of 2020, its population was 430.

History

The area was settled as early as 1765 by the St. Helena Island fisheries, which was operated by the Newton Brothers firm. The township itself was formally organized much later in 1878 and named after Nelson Newton.

Geography

The township is in western Mackinac County, on the northern shore of

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. It is bordered to the north by Portage Township and to the east by Garfield Township, both in Mackinac County, and to the west by Mueller Township in

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, the Mackinac

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, is to the east via US Highway 2, and Manistique is to the west. According to the

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, Newton Township has a total area of , of which are land and (4.07%) are water.

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is a lake found on the western side of the township.

Communities

* Bryan was founded in 1905 as the railroad stop for the Escanaba Lumber Company. A village was laid out next to the railroad stop by William P. Bryan. It had a post office from 1906 until 1920. By that year lumbering operations in the area had ended, and within a decade the place was entirely abandoned. * Corinne was a lumbering settlement and station on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. It had a post office from 1889 until 1942 named "Viola". * Gould City is an unincorporated community just south of

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at . It was founded in 1886 by Samuel Stites, a grocer and lumberman, who named it for another lumberman. It was also a station on the

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. A post office was established in September 1888. The Gould City 49838 ZIP Code serves most of the township. * Simmons is a former settlement that centered around a mill operated by the Simmons Lumber Company. A post office operated in Simmons from May 20, 1903, until February 15, 1911. It should not be confused with a different unincorporated community of the same name located in Marquette Township to the east.

Demographics

As of 2020, the population of the township was 430, and the median household income was $30,313.

Transportation

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provides daily intercity bus service via Gould City between

and

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References

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* {{authority control Townships in Mackinac County, Michigan Townships in Michigan Populated places established in 1878 1878 establishments in Michigan Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan