Ironwood Charter Township is a

charter township A charter township is a form of Local government in the United States, local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. While all townships in Michigan are organized governments, a charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it cert ...

of Gogebic County in the U.S. state 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, ...

. The population was 1,805 in 2020. The city of

Ironwood Ironwood is a common name for many woods that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English ma ...

borders on the south, but the two are administered autonomously. Ironwood Township is the home of Gogebic Community College, as well as the Gogebic–Iron County Airport. Most of the land in the township is within the

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. The Montreal River forms the township's western boundary with

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. The charter township is one of two charter townships in Michigan to have a population less than the 2,000 resident population requirement set by the Charter Township Act of 1947. Ironwood Charter Township is the westernmost municipality in the state of Michigan. It is also the largest charter township by land area, least populated charter township, and the least-densely populated charter township in the state.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (7.10%) is water.

Demographics

In 2000, there were 2,330 people, 1,024 households, and 699 families residing in the township. At the 2010 census, its population was 2,3333. By 2020, its population was 1,805.

References

External links

Ironwood Township official website
{{Gogebic County, Michigan Townships in Gogebic County, Michigan Charter townships in Michigan Michigan populated places on Lake Superior