Baraga Township, Michigan

Baraga Township (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,478. The village of Baraga is located in the southeast corner of the township. Baraga State Park is also located within the township.

Communities

• Arnheim is an unincorporated community at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Arnheim was a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, midway between L'Anse and Houghton. Storekeeper Martin Erikson became the first postmaster on November 13, 1900. The office closed in either 1915 or 1916<ref>Romig indicates September 19, 1915 while the GNIS citing David M. Ellis, Michigan Postal History, The Post Offices 1805-1986 indicates July 31, 1916</ref> and reopened from August 15, 1917, until September 30, 1951.<ref name=Romig>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Arnheim was named after Jeremiah Arn (died 1911). Jeremiah Arn was employed to strip the Portage Entry quarries until the over-burden of stone was removed. He settled on a farm at Arnheim and started a quarry which he worked for many years.<ref name=SentinelVol31No35>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Assinins is an unincorporated community at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> Assinins was founded in 1843 by Catholic missionary Frederic Baraga, who named it for an Assiniboin chief whom Baraga had converted and who remained Baraga's devoted friend. In the 1870s, the settlement was known as the "Catholic Mission". The first post office in the area was named "Fewsville" from 1872, after Gershom B. Few, who operated a distillery, and George W. Few, who became the first postmaster on September 22, 1875. The office closed in 1877. It reopened as "Assinins" on December 6, 1894, with Simon Denomie as the first postmaster and discontinued on May 31, 1914.<ref name=Romig/><ref>Template:Gnis</ref>
• Baraga is a village and census-designated place at the junction of US Highway 41 and M-38 in the east-central portion of the township. The Baraga ZIP code 49908 serves a region in the central part of the township.<ref>49908 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinderTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore, US Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
• Bear Town is a named place on US Highway 41 north of Baraga at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref>
• Fewsville – see Assinins.<ref name=Romig/>
• Froberg is an unincorporated community in the township.
• Iron Bridge is an unincorporated community in the township.
• Kelsey is an unincorporated community in the township.
• Keweenaw Bay is an unincorporated community at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref> A land patent was issued to Frank Laffrenire by US President Ulysses S. Grant on May 10, 1875. The settlement was known as "Leffenire" until 1898. Annie La Fernier became the first postmaster on March 26, 1898, with the office named "La Fernier". However, Annie had it changed on June 1, 1901, to the name of the large bay on which the village was located. The post office was discontinued on January 16, 1976, and became a CPO of Baraga. It was also a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. "Keweenaw" (kewawenon) was a Native American word for portage.<ref name="Romig"/><ref>Template:Gnis</ref>
• Pelkie is an unincorporated community in the northeast part of the township. The Pelkie ZIP code 49958 serves areas in the northern and northwestern parts of the township.<ref>49958 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinderTemplate:Dead link, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Baraga Township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 1.82%, is water.<ref name="2010census">Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

In 2020, its population was 3,478 and as of 2021 census estimates, it had a median household income of $40,403.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Baraga Township official website