Elm River Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 204 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.06%) is water.

Communities

  • Donken is an unincorporated community in the township.
  • Elm River was an area around the operations of the Elm River Copper Company. It had a post office from 1900 until 1907.
  • Lake Roland is an unincorporated community in the township at .
  • Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community in the township at .
  • Winona is an unincorporated community in the township at . A copper mine was first opened in 1864 by the Winona Copper Mining Company identified by a line of Indian pits. The mine could not be profitably operated at the time and little was done with it until the Winona Copper Company was organized in 1898 and assumed ownership of the earlier mine. A post office operated from April 5, 1899 until September 12, 1975, after which it was a Community Post Office of Toivola until January 1, 1982.
  • Wyandotte is an unincorporated community in the township at .

Demographics

As of the census