Matchwood Township, Michigan

Matchwood Township, Michigan
Civil township
Location within Ontonagon County
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Coordinates: 46°36′05″N89°27′15″W / 46.60139°N 89.45417°W / 46.60139; -89.45417
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Ontonagon
Government
• Supervisor	Glen Longtin
•  Clerk	Lorraine Warsop
Area
• Total	109.53 sq mi (283.7 km2)
• Land	109.52 sq mi (283.7 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	1,257 ft (383 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	90
• Density	0.86/sq mi (0.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49910 (Bergland) 49925 (Ewen) 49953 (Painesdale)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-52320 [1]
GNIS feature ID	1626709 [2]

Matchwood Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 90 at the 2020 census. ^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 109.53 square miles (283.68 km²), of which 109.52 square miles (283.66 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) (0.01%) is water.

Communities

• Matchwood is an unincorporated community at 46°33′23″N89°23′47″W / 46.55639°N 89.39639°W / 46.55639; -89.39639 (Matchwood) on M-28 about 6 miles west of Ewen and 9 miles east of Bergland. ^[4] It was named for the Diamond Match Company, which owned most of the pine forest in the area. The company founded the settlement in 1888 to provide for logging camps. It received a Post Office in 1889 and was nearly destroyed by a forest fire in 1893. The community was rebuilt, only to be ruined by another fire in 1906. ^[5] The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (now the Soo Line Railroad) passed through the settlement.

References

1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matchwood Township, Michigan
3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matchwood, Michigan
5. Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0-8143-1838-X.