Editing Erwin Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Erwin Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Erwin Central School.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Town hall
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| pushpin_map        = Michigan#USA
| pushpin_label_position = right<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
| pushpin_label      = Erwin Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Erwin Township, MI location.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic County]]

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

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Larry Grimsby
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Vicky Finco
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1907

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| 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 -->| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 267
| population_density_km2 = 2.9
| population_density_sq_mi = 7.6

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 466
| elevation_ft       = 1529
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|23|31|N|90|05|06|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49911 ([[Bessemer, Michigan|Bessemer]])<br>49938 ([[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-26340<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1626246<ref>{{gnis|1626246}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://erwintownship.org/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Erwin Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].  The population was 267 in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Erwin_township,_Gogebic_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2605326340 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The township is just south of [[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]]. The [[Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan)|Montreal River]] is the western boundary, with [[Wisconsin]] on the other side and to the south. [[Bessemer Township, Michigan|Bessemer Township]] is on the east and north.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|48.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|47.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}} (1.97%) is water.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> As of 2023, the median age in Erwin was 62.6 years. <ref name=":0" />

==Transportation==
CR&nbsp;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]].

==References==
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{{Gogebic County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Gogebic County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:1907 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1907]]