Official Name: | Brevort Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Brevort 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: | Mackinac |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Ed Serwach |
Leader Title1: | Clerk |
Leader Name1: | Kaye Matelski |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1881 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 255.99 |
Area Land Km2: | 239.52 |
Area Water Km2: | 16.47 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 98.84 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 92.48 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 6.36 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 502 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 6.42 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 209 |
Elevation Ft: | 686 |
Coordinates: | 46.0461°N -84.8431°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 49760 (Moran) 49780 (Rudyard) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-097-10360[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1625975 |
Brevort Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 502,[2] down from 594 in 2010.[4]
The township was named after Henry Brevort (or Brevoort), a surveyor assigned to subdivide the area in 1845.[5] Most of the township land is within the eastern portion of the Hiawatha National Forest. The township includes part of the Mackinac Wilderness.
The township is in central Mackinac County, bordered to the west and south by Moran Township and to the east by St. Ignace Township. It is bordered to the north by Trout Lake Township in Chippewa County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brevort Township has a total area of 98.84sqmi, of which 92.48sqmi are land and 6.36sqmi (6.43%) are water.[1]
Highway M-123 passes diagonally southeast–northwest through the township, and U.S. Route 2 and Interstate 75 are just outside of the township boundaries to the south and east.