Editing Spurr Township, Michigan (section)

==History==
The township had been organized while it was part of [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]]. It was one of the four original townships of Baraga County when it was set off from Houghton in 1875. It is named for "Spurr Mountain", the site of an [[iron ore]] mine, first named the "Spurr Mountain Mining Company", organized in 1872. Operations ceased in 1878, and then resumed again in 1881 under a reorganized "Spurr Iron Mining Company".<ref>[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;q1=Spurr;rgn=full%20text;idno=ARG9598.0001.001;didno=ARG9598.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000201 ''History of the upper peninsula of Michigan'']. Western Historical Co. Chicago: Western Historical Co.1883. pg. 203.</ref> A post office named "Spurr Mountain" opened December 30, 1874, and was discontinued December 15, 1887. It was reestablished June 4, 1890, and operated until June 30, 1896.<ref>{{gnis|2129276|Spurr Mountain Post Office (historical)}}</ref>