{{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kinross Charter Township, Michigan | settlement_type = Charter township | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Michigan | pushpin_label = Kinross Township | pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan | pushpin_mapsize = | image_map = Kinross Charter Township, MI location.png | mapsize = 250 | map_caption = Location within Chippewa County | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Michigan | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Chippewa | government_type = | leader_title = Supervisor | leader_name = Jim Moore | established_title = | established_date = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_total_km2 = 313.2 | area_land_km2 = 310.1 | area_water_km2 = 3.1 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6139 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = Eastern (EST) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_m = 214 | elevation_ft = 702 | coordinates = {{coord|46|16|52|N|84|34|36|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = ZIP code(s) | postal_code = 49715 (Brimley)<br>49724 (Dafter)<br>49728 (Eckerman)<br>49752 (Kinross)<br>49780 (Rudyard)<br>49788 (Kincheloe) | area_code = 906 | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 26-43480<ref name=GR2>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 1626563<ref>{{gnis|1626563}}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.kinrosstownship-mi.gov|Official website}} }} '''Kinross Charter Township''' is a charter township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,139 at the 2020 census,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Kinross_charter_township,_Chippewa_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2603343480 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> down from 7,561 at the 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603343480|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212145134/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2603343480|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kinross charter township, Chippewa County MI|publisher=US Census Bureau, American Factfinder|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref>
==Geography== The township is located in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, {{convert|18|mi}} south of Sault Ste. Marie and {{convert|33|mi}} north of St. Ignace.
According to the US Census Bureau, the township has a total area of {{convert|313.2|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|310.1|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 1.00%, is water.
==Communities== * Kincheloe, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place located in the eastern part of the township just east of Interstate 75, is on part of the former Kincheloe Air Force Base, which was deactivated in 1977. It has a US Post Office (49788). * '''Kinross''' is the unincorporated area in the eastern end of Kinross Charter Township outside of Kincheloe. Its US Post Office (49752) is located adjacent to Interstate 75, west-northwest of Kincheloe.
==Demographics== As of the 2000 United States census,<ref name=GR2/> there were 5,922 people, 1,156 households, and 887 families in the township.
==Transportation== * Chippewa County International Airport, on a portion of the previous Kincheloe Air Force Base, provides regional airline service to the area. * Indian Trails provides daily intercity bus service between St. Ignace and Ironwood, Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|title=ST. IGNACE-SAULT STE. MARIE-IRONWOOD|publisher=Indian Trails|date=January 15, 2013|accessdate=February 28, 2013|url=http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1489_0.pdf|archive-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704084717/http://www.indiantrails.com/sites/default/files/1489_0.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Historic sites== The old Kinross Township Hall and School, located in Kinross, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name = "nom">{{citation | title = NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM: Kinross Township Hall and School | author = Robert O. Christensen | date = August 2003 | url = https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339172}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.kinrosstownship-mi.gov/ Kinross Charter Township official website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125919/http://kinross.biz/ Kinross Business Association]
{{Chippewa County, Michigan}}
Category:Townships in Chippewa County, Michigan Category:Charter townships in Michigan