Breitung Charter Township, Michigan

Breitung Charter Township 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.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 68.3 sqmi, of which, 65.1 sqmi of it is land and 3.2 sqmi 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 45.795°N, -88.06444°W.
 * Granite Bluff is an unincorporated community between Meriman and Randville at 45.93944°N, -88.05361°W.
 * Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at 45.9175°N, -88.05556°W
 * 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.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,930 people, 2,354 households, and 1,727 families residing in the township. The population density was 91.1 PD/sqmi. There were 2,601 housing units at an average density of 40.0 /sqmi. 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.