' s ▁mill ▁and ▁general ▁store . ▁A ▁post ▁office ▁opened ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁Service ▁at ▁the ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁susp ended ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁dis cont in ued ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Post al ▁service ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁Iron ▁Mountain . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ship ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁ 1 5 5 . 2 ▁square ▁miles ▁( 4 0 2 . 0   km ² ), ▁of ▁which ▁ 1 5 4 . 9 ▁square ▁miles ▁( 4 0 1 . 1   km ² ) ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ 0 . 3 ▁square ▁mile ▁( 0 . 9   km ² ) ▁( 0 . 2 2 %) ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 9 2 ▁people , ▁ 1 1 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 7 9 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town ship . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 . 9 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 0 . 7 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 3 9 5 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 2 . 6 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 . 0 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ship ▁was ▁ 9 7 .