Official Name: | Menominee Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Label: | Menominee Township |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Menominee |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Kenneth Goffin |
Established Title: | Organized |
Established Date: | 1863 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 73.45 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 72.70 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.75 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3364 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 46.3 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 197 |
Elevation Ft: | 646 |
Coordinates: | 45.1958°N -87.6339°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 49858 (Menominee) 49893 (Wallace) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-109-53040[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626724 |
Menominee Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,364 at the 2020 census,[2] down from a peak of 4,026 in 1980. The city of Menominee borders the southern end of the township but is administratively autonomous.
The township is in southern Menominee County, bordered to the south by Menominee, the county seat; to the southeast by Green Bay (Lake Michigan); and to the west, across the Menominee River, by Marinette County, Wisconsin. U.S. Route 41 crosses the township, leading south into Menominee and north to Stephenson, while M-35 runs along the Lake Michigan shoreline, leading northeast to Escanaba.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Menominee Township has a total area of 73.4sqmi, of which 72.7sqmi are land and 0.8sqmi, or 1.02%, are water.[1]
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,939 people, 1,570 households, and 1,169 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 3,364.