Official Name: | Soo Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Soo Township |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chippewa |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Larry Perron |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 175.9 |
Area Land Km2: | 129.8 |
Area Water Km2: | 46.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2966 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern |
Elevation M: | 177 |
Elevation Ft: | 581 |
Coordinates: | 46.4197°N -84.3111°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49710 (Barbeau) 49783 (Sault Ste. Marie) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-74620[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1627091 |
Soo Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,966 at the 2020 census.[2]
Soo Township consists of two section in northeastern Chippewa County, connected by a stretch of the St. Marys River. The northwestern section is part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is bordered to the north by the city of Sault Ste. Marie. It extends west into Izaak Walton Bay on the St. Marys River (upstream from Sault Ste. Marie) and east as far as the Little Rapids Channel of the river (downstream from Sault Ste. Marie). The southeastern portion of the township, about 43% of the township's total territory, comprises Neebish Island, 9miles downriver from the rest of the township.
According to the US Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 175.9km2, of which 129.8km2 is land and 46.1km2, or 26.20%, is water.[3]
In 2010, the township had a population of 3,141.