Editing Ironwood Charter Township, Michigan

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

<!-- 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  = [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Jay Kangas
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Mary Segalin
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| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 488.99
| area_land_km2      = 454.28
| area_water_km2     = 34.71
| area_total_sq_mi   = 188.93
| area_land_sq_mi    = 175.40
| area_water_sq_mi   = 13.53

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1805
| population_density_km2 = 5.1
| population_density_sq_mi = 13.3

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 349
| elevation_ft       = 1145
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|32|49|N|90|08|35|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         = 26-41080<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        = 1626529<ref>{{gnis|1626529}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.ironwoodtownship.com/|Official website}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Ironwood Charter Township''' is a [[charter township]] of [[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,805 in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Bessemer_city,_Gogebic_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2605307960 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The city of [[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]] borders on the south, but the two are administered autonomously.

Ironwood Township is the home of [[Gogebic Community College]], as well as the [[Gogebic–Iron County Airport]].  Most of the land in the township is within the [[Ottawa National Forest]]. The [[Montreal River (Wisconsin–Michigan)|Montreal River]] forms the township's western boundary with [[Wisconsin]]. Ironwood Charter Township is the [[List of municipalities in Michigan|westernmost municipality]] in the state of Michigan. It is also the largest charter township by land area and the least-densely populated charter township in the state.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|188.93|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|175.40|sqmi|km2|2}} is land and {{convert|13.53|sqmi|km2|2}} (7.10%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=October 1, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=22 Michigan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In 2000, there were 2,330 people, 1,024 households, and 699 families residing in the township.<ref name="GR2" /> At the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], its population was 2,3333.<ref name="CENS" /> By 2020, its population was 1,805.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ironwoodtownship.com/ Ironwood Township official website]

{{Gogebic County, Michigan}}

[[Category:Townships in Gogebic County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Superior]]