Breitung Township, Michigan
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Breitung Charter Township is a
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of
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in the
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of
Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,831.


History

The township is named after Edward Breitung, a miner and
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from Michigan.


Geography

According to the
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, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 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 . *Granite Bluff is an
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between Meriman and Randville at . *Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at * Quinnesec is an unincorporated community, defined as a
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in the township, just east of Kingsford and Iron Mountain. *
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is an unincorporated community.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 5,930 people, 2,354 households, and 1,727 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,601 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.35%
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, 0.03%
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, 0.44% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 0.44% of the population in 2000. By the 2020 census, its population was 5,831.


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Breitung Township, Michigan
{{Dickinson County, Michigan Townships in Dickinson County, Michigan Charter townships in Michigan Iron Mountain micropolitan area Populated places established in 1876 1876 establishments in Michigan