Official Name: | Superior Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Superior Township |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Richard Phillips |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 271.1 |
Area Land Km2: | 266.7 |
Area Water Km2: | 4.4 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1276 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 247 |
Elevation Ft: | 810 |
Coordinates: | 46.3778°N -84.6578°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 49715 (Brimley) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-77540[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1627140 |
Superior Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,276 at the 2020 census.[2]
The federally recognized Bay Mills Indian Community has part of its land base reservation in Superior Township, based west of Brimley. It operates two casinos on its reservation, one of which is in Superior Township, to generate funds for education and welfare of its people. Brimley State Park is also within the township on the shores of Lake Superior.
Superior Township is located in north of the center of Chippewa County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 271.1sqkm, of which 266.7sqkm is land and 4.4sqkm, or 1.62%, is water.[3]
The Delirium Wilderness is located several miles south of the community of Raco and extends into Kinross Township to the south.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,329 people, 515 households, and 384 families residing in the township. In 2010, its population then grew to 1,337.