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Baraga Township is a civil township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 3,815. The village of Baraga is located in the southeast corner of the township. ==Communities== * Arnheim is an unincorporated community at . Arnheim was a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, approximately midway between L'Anse and Houghton. Storekeeper Martin Erikson became the first postmaster on November 13, 1900. The office closed in either 1915 or 1916〔Romig indicates September 19, 1915 while the GNIS citing David M. Ellis, ''Michigan Postal History, The Post Offices 1805-1986'' indicates July 31, 1916〕 and reopened from August 15, 1917, until September 30, 1951. * Assinins is an unincorporated community at . Assinins was founded in 1843 by the missionary Frederic Baraga, who named it for an Assiniboin chief Baraga had converted and who remained Baraga's devoted friend. In the 1870s, the settlement was known as the "Catholic Mission". The first post office in the area was named "Fewsville", after the Few family. Gershom B. Few operated a distillery, and George W. Few became the first postmaster on September 22, 1875. The office closed in 1877. It reopened as "Assinins" on December 6, 1894, with Simon Denomie as the first postmaster and discontinued on May 31, 1914.〔 * Baraga is a village at the junction of US Highway 41 and M-38 in the east-central portion of the township. The Baraga ZIP code 49908 serves a region in the central part of the township.〔(49908 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder ), U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census〕 * Bear Town is a named place on US Highway 41 north of Baraga at . *Fewsville was an unincorporated settlement in Baraga Township. It was established in 1872.〔Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 195〕 * Keweenaw Bay is an unincorporated community at . A land patent was issued to Frank Laffrenire by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on May 10, 1875. The settlement was known as "Leffenire" until 1898. Annie La Fernier became the first postmaster on March 26, 1898, with the office named "La Fernier". However Annie had it changed on June 1, 1901, to the name of the large bay on which the village was located. The post office was discontinued on January 16, 1976, and became a CPO of Baraga. It was also a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway. "Keweenaw" (''kewawenon'') was a Native American word for portage.〔 * Pelkie is an unincorporated community in the northeast part of the township. The Pelkie ZIP code 49958 serves areas in the northern and northwestern parts of the township.〔(49958 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder ), U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census〕 * Covington is to the southeast in Covington Township, and the Covington ZIP code 49919 serves an area in the southeast part of Baraga Township.〔(49919 5-Digit ZCTA, 499 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder ), U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baraga Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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