Spalding Township, Michigan should not be confused with Spaulding Township, Michigan.
| Official Name: | Spalding Township, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Civil township |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Spalding 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: | James Moraska |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1871 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 163.0 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 162.6 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1599 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 9.8 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 278 |
| Elevation Ft: | 912 |
| Coordinates: | 45.7594°N -87.5283°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
| Postal Code: | 49874 (Powers) 49886 (Spalding) 49873 (Perronville) |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-109-75350[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1627101 |
Spalding Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,599 at the 2020 census.[2] It is named after Jesse Spalding (1833–1904), who operated a steam sawmill at the village in the township that now bears his name.[4] [5]
The township is in northern Menominee County, extending from north to south. It is bordered to the north by Marquette County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 163sqmi, of which 162.6sqmi are land and 0.4sqmi, or 0.24%, are water.[1] Most of the township is drained by the Cedar River, which flows south and east toward Green Bay on Lake Michigan. The river passes between the communities of Powers and Spalding in the southern part of the township. The northern part of the township is drained by the West Branch of the Ford River, a southeast-flowing tributary of Lake Michigan.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,761 people, 625 households, and 426 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 1,599.