Editing Soo Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Soo Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
| pushpin_map        = Michigan
| pushpin_label      = Soo Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| image_map          = Soo Township, MI location—.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]]
| 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  = [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Larry Perron
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_total_km2     = 175.9
| area_land_km2      = 129.8
| area_water_km2     = 46.1
| area_total_sq_mi   = 
| area_land_sq_mi    = 
| area_water_sq_mi   = 
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2966
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]]
| elevation_m        = 177
| elevation_ft       = 581
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|25|11|N|84|18|40|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49710 ([[Bruce Township, Chippewa County, Michigan|Barbeau]])<br>49783 ([[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 906|906]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-74620<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov |publisher = US Census Bureau |accessdate = January 31, 2008 |title = U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1627091<ref>{{gnis|1627091}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://sootownship.org/|Official website}}
}}
'''Soo Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,966 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Soo_township,_Chippewa_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2603374620 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
Soo Township consists of two sections in northeastern Chippewa County, connected by a stretch of the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]. The northwestern section is part of the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]] and is bordered to the north by the city of [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]. It extends west into Izaak Walton Bay on the St. Marys River (upstream from Sault Ste. Marie) and east as far as the Little Rapids Channel of the river (downstream from Sault Ste. Marie). The southeastern portion of the township, about 43% of the township's total territory, comprises [[Neebish Island]], {{convert|9|mi|0}} downriver from the rest of the township.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|175.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|129.8|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|46.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 26.20%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Soo township, Chippewa County MI |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603374620 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142932/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603374620 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |accessdate=September 26, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

==Communities==
* '''[[Neebish Island]]''' is separated from the township by waters of [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]]. Its hundred-odd permanent residents comprise an unincorporated community.

==Demographics==
In 2010, the township had a population of 3,141.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sootownship.org/ Soo Township official website]

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