Holmes Township, Michigan
Civil township in Michigan, United States
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Holmes Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 341 at the 2020 census.[2]
Holmes Township, Michigan | |
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Location within Menominee County and the state of Michigan | |
  Holmes Township Location within Michigan  Holmes Township Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′53″N 87°43′51″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Menominee |
| Area | |
• Total | 72.44 sq mi (187.6 km2) |
| • Land | 71.37 sq mi (184.8 km2) |
| • Water | 1.07 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 764 ft (233 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 341 |
| • Density | 4.8/sq mi (1.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| Area code | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-109-38760[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626481[4] |
Geography
The township is in western Menominee County and is bordered to the west, across the Menominee River, by Marinette County in Wisconsin. Menominee, the county seat, is 32 miles (51 km) to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Holmes Township has a total area of 72.4 square miles (188 km2), of which 71.4 square miles (185 km2) are land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), or 1.47%, are water.[1] The township is drained by the Menominee River, which flows south along the township's western boundary toward Lake Michigan.