PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Felch Township, Michigan
Felch Township, Michigan
Civil township
	Location within Dickinson County
	Felch Township Location within the state of Michigan Felch Township Location within the United States
	Coordinates: 46°04′47″N 87°52′27″W / 46.07972°N 87.87417°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Dickinson
Government
• Supervisor	Robert Mattson
• Clerk	Darrell Oman
Area
• Total	143.81 sq mi (372.47 km2)
• Land	141.84 sq mi (367.36 km2)
• Water	1.97 sq mi (5.10 km2)
Elevation	1,181 ft (360 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	687
• Density	4.84/sq mi (1.87/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)	49815 (Channing); 49831 (Felch); 49877 (Ralph); 49881 (Sagola)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-27660
GNIS feature ID	1626273
Website	Official website

Felch Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named in honor of Alpheus Felch.^[4] The population was 687 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 143.8 square miles (372 km²), of which, 143.1 square miles (371 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of it (0.47%) is water.

Communities

There are no incorporated municipalities in the township.

Felch is an unincorporated community on M-69 at 45°59′50″N 87°49′33″W / 45.99722°N 87.82583°W / 45.99722; -87.82583.^[5] Felch was a station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. A post office has been in operation there since 1906.^[6]
Metropolitan was a thriving village established just after 1880 to exploit the iron ore in the nearby Metropolitan Mine. Metropolitan was about one mile west of Felch^[7] and was the last station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway coming west from Escanaba. The village was platted by the Metropolitan Mining Company in 1881. A post office was in operation there from 1881 until 1963.^[6] The present Zion Lutheran Church of Metropolitan sits almost exactly on the site of the old village, which is now a string of farms along the country roads. Metropolitan was sometimes referred to as Milltown and Farmertown.
Theodore is an unincorporated community on M-69 about half a mile northwest of Felch at 46°00′05″N 87°50′07″W / 46.00139°N 87.83528°W / 46.00139; -87.83528.^[8] It was platted for the Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Company in 1881 by J.A. Van Clive.^[6]
Felch Mountain is an unincorporated community on M-69 about half a mile northwest of Felch. It is immediately adjacent to, and east of, Theodore.^[9] Both Theodore and Felch Mountain are located on a steep hill north of M-69, while Felch and Metropolitan are located in the lower land south of M-69.
Spruce was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway^[6] at 45°59′09″N 87°46′38″W / 45.98583°N 87.77722°W / 45.98583; -87.77722 near the junction of Lucas Rd with M-69^[10]

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 726 people, 274 households, and 204 families residing in the township. By 2020, there were 687 people in the township.