Ironwood Charter Township, Michigan
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Ironwood Charter Township is a charter township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,805 in 2020.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> The city of Ironwood borders on the south, but the two are administered autonomously.
Ironwood Township is the home of Gogebic Community College, as well as the Gogebic–Iron County Airport. Most of the land in the township is within the Ottawa National Forest. The Montreal River forms the township's western boundary with Wisconsin.
It is one of two charter townships in Michigan (along with Almer Township) to have less than the 2,000 population requirement set by the Charter Township Act of 1947. Ironwood Charter Township is the westernmost municipality in the state of Michigan. It is also the largest charter township by land area, as well as the least populated and the least-densely populated.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (7.10%) is water.<ref name="CENS">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
In 2000, there were 2,330 people, 1,024 households, and 699 families residing in the township.<ref name="GR2" /> At the 2010 census, its population was 2,3333.<ref name="CENS" /> By 2020, its population was 1,805.<ref name=":0" />