McMillan Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan

Not to be confused with McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan or McMillan, Michigan.

McMillan Township, Michigan
Civil township
Location within Ontonagon County
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Coordinates: 46°31′42″N89°17′03″W / 46.52833°N 89.28417°W / 46.52833; -89.28417
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Ontonagon
Government
• Supervisor	Daniel Staff
•  Clerk	Bobbie Koski
Area
• Total	70.50 sq mi (182.6 km2)
• Land	70.43 sq mi (182.4 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation	1,201 ft (366 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	406
• Density	6.79/sq mi (2.62/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49912 (Bruce Crossing) 49925 (Ewen)
Area code	906
FIPS code	26-50460 [1]
GNIS feature ID	1626659 [2]

McMillan Township is a civil township of Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 406 at the 2020 census. ^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 70.50 square miles (182.59 km²), of which 70.43 square miles (182.41 km²) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) (0.10%) is water.

Communities

• Ewen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place at 46°32′07″N89°16′52″W / 46.53528°N 89.28111°W / 46.53528; -89.28111 , near where M-28 crosses the south branch of the Ontonagon River. ^[4] The community began as a logging camp in 1888 and in 1889 gained a depot named Ewen Station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (now the Soo Line Railroad). It was named for W. A. Ewen, a treasurer of the railroad. It also received a Post Office named Ewen Station in 1889, shortened to Ewen in 1894. ^[5] The Ewen Post Office, ZIP code 49925, serves much of the township area. Bruce Crossing is about 5 miles east on M-28 and Matchwood about 6 miles west.

References

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