Editing Iron River Township, Michigan

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{{distinguish|Iron River, Michigan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Iron River Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_map        = Michigan
| pushpin_label      = Iron River Township
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| map_caption        = Location within [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron County]]
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| 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  = [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron]]

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| area_total_km2     = 631.8
| area_land_km2      = 620.4
| area_water_km2     = 11.3
| area_total_sq_mi   = 243.9
| area_land_sq_mi    = 239.6
| area_water_sq_mi   = 4.4

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = 2020
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| population_total   = 1052
| population_density_km2 = 2.6
| population_density_sq_mi = 6.6

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
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| elevation_m        = 478
| elevation_ft       = 1568
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|15|55|N|88|47|25|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 49935
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-41000<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        = 1626527<ref>{{gnis|1626527}}</ref>
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'''Iron River Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,585 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]] and 1,052 in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Iron_River_township,_Iron_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2607141000 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|243.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|239.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|4.4|sqmi|km2}} (1.80%) is water.

=== Communities ===
{{seealso|Iron County MRA#Beechwood}}
* The [[Iron River, Michigan|City of Iron River]] borders the southeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous.
* '''Beechwood''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township northwest of Iron River at {{Coord|46|09|35|N|88|46|24|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Beechwood, Michigan|}}<ref>{{gnis|1619153|Beechwood, Michigan}}</ref> Beechwood was named from a grove of beech trees near the town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Company|first=Chicago and North Western Railway|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43|year=1908|page=43}}</ref> In 1888, Beechwood was made a stop on the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company]]. In November 1889, a post office was established with Richard M. Dwyer as the first postmaster.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | origyear= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref> The post office was closed in January 1976.<ref>{{gnis|2129459|Beechwood Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Iron County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Iron County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]