| Breitung Township, Michigan | |
| Official Name: | Charter Township of Breitung |
| Settlement Type: | Charter township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Breitung Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dickinson |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Denny Olson |
| Leader Title1: | Clerk |
| Leader Name1: | Wendy Larson |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1876 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 175.83 |
| Area Land Km2: | 166.46 |
| Area Water Km2: | 9.38 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 67.89 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 64.27 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 3.62 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 5831 |
| Population Density Km2: | 35.2 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 91.1 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 354 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1161 |
| Coordinates: | 45.8086°N -88.0297°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49801 (Iron Mountain) 49802 (Kingsford) 49870 (Norway) 49876 (Quinnesec) |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-10220[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1625974 |
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.
The township is named after Edward Breitung, a miner and U.S. Representative from Michigan.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 68.3sqmi, of which, 65.1sqmi of it is land and 3.2sqmi of it (4.70%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,930 people, 2,354 households, and 1,727 families residing in the township. The population density was 91.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 2,601 housing units at an average density of 40sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 98.35% White, 0.03% African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.44% of the population in 2000. By the 2020 census, its population was 5,831.