Breen Township, Michigan

Breen Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 471 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.46%) is water.

Communities

There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.

• Foster City is an unincorporated community on M-69 and the east branch of the Sturgeon River at . It was a station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The community was founded and named after Alonzo L. Foster, a lumberman. A post office was established in 1886 and continues to be served by ZIP Code 49834.
• Hardwood is an unincorporated community about two miles east of Foster City on M-69 and the east branch of the Sturgeon River at . It was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway, named by its principal proprietors, the Menominee Hardwood & Shingle Company in 1884. A post office was in operation for several months in 1891. It is currently served by ZIP Code 49834 out of Foster City, Michigan . It was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway, named by the railroad for Hylas from Greek mythology.