Interior Township, Michigan

Civil township in Michigan, United States

46°25′47″N 89°03′26″W / 46.42972°N 89.05722°W / 46.42972; -89.05722CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyOntonagonGovernment

• SupervisorAndrew Aho • ClerkMariann BesonenArea

• Total89.37 sq mi (231.5 km²) • Land86.42 sq mi (223.8 km²) • Water2.95 sq mi (7.6 km²)Elevation

1,358 ft (414 m)Population

(2020)

• Total270 • Density3.89/sq mi (1.50/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)

49912 (Bruce Crossing)
49967 (Trout Creek)
49969 (Watersmeet)

Area code906FIPS code26-40760^[1]GNIS feature ID1626518^[2]Websitehttps://www.interiortownship.com/

Interior Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 270 at the 2020 census.^[3] It was named for the Interior Lumber Company.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.37 square miles (231.47 km²), of which 86.42 square miles (223.83 km²) is land and 2.95 square miles (7.6 km²) (3.30%) is water. A large portion of the township is within the Ottawa National Forest.

Communities

Agate is an unincorporated community on M-28, about eight miles east of Bruce Crossing. Agate Falls Scenic Site.[1] [2] on the middle branch of the Ontonagon River is nearby. It was originally known as Agate Siding, after the spur from the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (now the Soo Line Railroad) created in about 1890 to serve nearby mining operations. It was named for the agate stone. ^[5]
Calderwood was established in the 1880s around a lumbermill. It had a post office beginning in 1908.^[6]
Trout Creek is an unincorporated community on M-28, approximately 11 miles (18 km) east of Bruce Crossing and about five miles west of Kenton. The ZIP Code is 49967. The nearby Trout Creek is a tributary of the Ontonagon River. This was a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (now the Soo Line Railroad).

Notable people

Dick Pole, Major League Baseball pitcher and coach, was born in Trout Creek.

References

^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Interior Township, Michigan
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 86.
^ Romig 1986.
^ Romig 1986, p. 93.

Sources

Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.

Municipalities and communities of Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Ontonagon

Village