Editing Brevort Township, Michigan

{{for|the unincorporated community in adjacent Moran Township|Brevort, Michigan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Brevort Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 

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| image_skyline      = Brevort Township, MI offices.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = Brevort Township Community Center
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| image_seal         = 

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| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = left <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Brevort Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Brevort Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]]
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| map_caption1       = 

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Ed Serwach
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Kaye Matelski
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1881

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_cousubs_26.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 255.99
| area_land_km2      = 239.52
| area_water_km2     = 16.47
| area_total_sq_mi   = 98.84
| area_land_sq_mi    = 92.48
| area_water_sq_mi   = 6.36

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US2609710360&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Brevort township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
| population_total   = 502
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 6.42

<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 209
| elevation_ft       = 686
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|02|46|N|84|50|35|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 49760 (Moran)<br/>49780 ([[Rudyard, Michigan|Rudyard]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-097-10360<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1625975<ref>{{gnis|1625975}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.brevorttownship.com}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Brevort Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 502,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 594 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].<ref name=CENS>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States Census]]| accessdate = March 7, 2021|page=31 Michigan}}</ref>

The township was named after Henry Brevort (or Brevoort), a [[surveyor]] assigned to subdivide the area in 1845.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref> Most of the township land is within the eastern portion of the [[Hiawatha National Forest]]. The township includes part of the [[Mackinac Wilderness]].

==Geography==
The township is in central Mackinac County, bordered to the west and south by [[Moran Township, Michigan|Moran Township]] and to the east by [[St. Ignace Township, Michigan|St. Ignace Township]]. It is bordered to the north by [[Trout Lake Township, Michigan|Trout Lake Township]] in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Brevort Township has a total area of {{convert|98.84|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|92.48|sqmi|km2|2}} are land and {{convert|6.36|sqmi|km2|2}} (6.43%) are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Highway [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] passes diagonally southeast–northwest through the township, and [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|U.S. Route 2]] and [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate 75]] are just outside of the township boundaries to the south and east.

=== Communities ===
* '''Allenville''' was a station on the [[Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad]] less than one mile southeast of Moran at {{Coord|45|59|05|N|84|49|14|W|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1619010|Allenville, Michigan}}</ref>  It was founded by J. Alley, head of the Alley Lumber Company in 1873. A post office operated from December 1873 until October 1891. Also known as "Alley Town", the community was almost destroyed by fire in 1882.<ref name="Romig" />
* '''Moran''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] on [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] at {{Coord|45|59|39|N|84|49|51|W|}}<ref>{{gnis|1620894|Moran, Michigan}}</ref> approximately {{convert|13|mi}} northwest of [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]]. Confusingly, the community is not a part of [[Moran Township, Michigan|Moran Township]], which is adjacent to Brevort Township on the south and west. It was initially called "Jacob City", after the president of the German Land Company of [[Detroit]], which sold land to members in 1881–83. In 1883, Jacob was accused of fraud and ousted from the organization. Another member of the group, William B. Moran, loaned the group funds to buy additional land, and the settlement was renamed after him in 1883. A post office named "Jacob City" was established in February 1882 and renamed "Moran" in January 1883. The office was transferred to and renamed "Allenville" in April 1898, but a Moran post office was re-established in May 1910. The name of Moran Township and other nearby places named Moran such as [[East Moran Bay]] in [[St. Ignace, Michigan|St. Ignace]], West Moran Bay on Lake Michigan, and the [[Moran River]] all have a different origin, and instead derive from the [[French language|French]] ''Morin''.<ref name="Romig" />

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Moran, Michigan (1991–2020)
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =25.9
| Feb high F  =28.2
| Mar high F  =37.2
| Apr high F  =48.4
| May high F  =61.9
| Jun high F  =72.0
| Jul high F  =76.6
| Aug high F  =76.0
| Sep high F  =68.3
| Oct high F  =54.6
| Nov high F  =42.0
| Dec high F  =32.2
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =16.6
| Feb mean F  =17.6
| Mar mean F  =26.1
| Apr mean F  =38.2
| May mean F  =50.5
| Jun mean F  =60.3
| Jul mean F  =65.4
| Aug mean F  =64.7
| Sep mean F  =57.3
| Oct mean F  =45.1
| Nov mean F  =34.5
| Dec mean F  =24.3
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =7.2
| Feb low F  =6.9
| Mar low F  =15.1
| Apr low F  =27.9
| May low F  =39.0
| Jun low F  =48.5
| Jul low F  =54.1
| Aug low F  =53.5
| Sep low F  =46.3
| Oct low F  =35.6
| Nov low F  =27.0
| Dec low F  =16.4
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =2.19
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.58
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.01
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.14
| May precipitation inch  =2.55
| Jun precipitation inch  =2.85
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.20
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.29
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.92
| Oct precipitation inch  =4.25
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.38
| Dec precipitation inch  =2.62
<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =20.4
| Feb snow inch  =14.8
| Mar snow inch  =9.8
| Apr snow inch  =6.8
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.4
| Nov snow inch  =7.4
| Dec snow inch  =21.3
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
| source = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00205591 |title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher=NOAA |access-date=2025-04-01 }}</ref>
}}<!-- Infobox ends -->

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official|www.brevorttownship.com}}

{{Mackinac County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Mackinac County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Michigan]]