Official Name: | Meyer Township, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Label: | Meyer Township |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Menominee |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Raymond Gurgall |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1878 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 90.0 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 89.6 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.4 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 992 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 11.1 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 286 |
Elevation Ft: | 938 |
Coordinates: | 45.7278°N -87.6239°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Codes |
Postal Code: | 49847 (Hermansville) 49873 (Perronville) 49892 (Vulcan) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-109-53460[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1626732 |
Meyer Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 992 at the 2020 census.[2] Most of the population is concentrated in Hermansville, an unincorporated village within the township.
Meyer Township is in northwestern Menominee County, bordered to the west and north by Dickinson County. Hermansville is in the southeastern part of the township. U.S. Route 2 crosses the township, passing through Hermansville and leading east to Escanaba and west to Iron Mountain. Menominee, the Menominee county seat, is to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Meyer Township has a total area of 90sqmi, of which 89.6sqmi are land and 0.4sqmi, or 0.48%, are water.[1] The Little Cedar River drains the southern part of the township, forming Hermansville Lake on the west side of Hermansville and flowing south to the Menominee River near Wallace. Spruce Creek drains the central part of the township, flowing southeast toward the Cedar River, a direct tributary of Lake Michigan. The northernmost part of the township is drained by Pollock Creek, which flows west to the Sturgeon River, a south-flowing tributary of the Menominee.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,036 people, 440 households, and 285 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 992.