Rock River Township, Michigan
| Rock River Township, Michigan | |
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| Township | |
 Rock River Township
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| Coordinates: 46°21′5″N 86°57′56″W / 46.35139°N 86.96556°WCoordinates: 46°21′5″N 86°57′56″W / 46.35139°N 86.96556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Alger |
| Area | |
| • Total | 81.0 sq mi (209.8 km2) |
| • Land | 80.7 sq mi (209.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 988 ft (301 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,212 |
| • Density | 15/sq mi (5.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 26-69160 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626993 |
Rock River Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,212 at the 2010 census.
Chatham is a village at the junction of M-67 and M-94.
Eben Junction is an unincorporated community at 46°21′18″N 86°58′12″W / 46.35500°N 86.97000°W. The Eben Junction ZIP code 49825 provides P.O. box service for a portion of Rock River Township and an area of adjacent Onota Township. It was a station at the junction of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and the Munising Railway. A post office was established on August 1, 1908, with Emil Hoppe as the first postmaster of the Finnish settlement.
Rumely is an unincorporated community at 46°20′54″N 87°01′59″W / 46.34833°N 87.03306°W. It was named for Mr. Rumely, who settled here from Ohio about 1873. It was a station on the Munising Railway about 1890. A post office was established on September 24, 1906, with Cyrill Valind as its first postmaster. The office closed on March 31, 1943, and was reestablished on December 16, 1947. It closed on August 31, 1959, and is now a CPO of Eben Junction providing P.O. box service for ZIP code 49826. The Post Office was located in the old Rumely Store, but closed in 2011 or 2012 when the store closed. The store reopened, under new ownership, in February 2015, but without any mail service.
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