Official Name: | Erwin Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Erwin Township |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gogebic |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Larry Grimsby |
Leader Title1: | Clerk |
Leader Name1: | Vicky Finco |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1907 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 124.7 |
Area Land Km2: | 122.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 2.5 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 48.2 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 47.2 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 267 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.9 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7.6 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 466 |
Elevation Ft: | 1529 |
Coordinates: | 46.3919°N -90.085°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49911 (Bessemer) 49938 (Ironwood) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-26340[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626246 |
Erwin Township is a civil township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 267 in 2020.[2]
The township is just south of Ironwood. The Montreal River is the western boundary, with Wisconsin on the other side and to the south. Bessemer Township is on the east and north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 48.2sqmi, of which 47.2sqmi is land and 0.9sqmi (1.97%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 357 people, 146 households, and 104 families residing in the township. In 2020, there were 267 people residing in the township.
CR 505 (Van Buskirk Road) begins at the Ironwood city limits and runs through the township to terminate at CTH-C on the Wisconsin state line in Oma, Wisconsin.