Breitung Charter Township ( ) is a charter township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,831.

History

The township is named after Edward Breitung, a miner and U.S. Representative from Michigan.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (4.70%) is water.

Communities

  • The cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford are in the southwest of the township, but are administratively autonomous.
  • East Kingsford is a part of the Kingsford urban area, located in the township just east of the city boundary at .
  • Granite Bluff is an unincorporated community between Meriman and Randville at .
  • Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at
  • Quinnesec is an unincorporated community, defined as a census-designated place in the township, just east of Kingsford and Iron Mountain.
  • Skidmore is an unincorporated community.

Demographics

As of the census