Meyer Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 992 at the 2020 census. Most of the population is concentrated in Hermansville, an unincorporated village within the township.

Geography

Meyer Township is in northwestern Menominee County, bordered to the west and north by Dickinson County. Hermansville is in the southeastern part of the township. U.S. Route 2 crosses the township, passing through Hermansville and leading east 27 mi to Escanaba and west 25 mi to Iron Mountain. Menominee, the Menominee county seat, is 46 mi to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, Meyer Township has a total area of 90.0 sqmi, of which 89.6 sqmi are land and 0.4 sqmi, or 0.48%, are water. The Little Cedar River drains the southern part of the township, forming Hermansville Lake on the west side of Hermansville and flowing south to the Menominee River near Wallace. Spruce Creek drains the central part of the township, flowing southeast toward the Cedar River, a direct tributary of Lake Michigan. The northernmost part of the township is drained by Pollock Creek, which flows west to the Sturgeon River, a south-flowing tributary of the Menominee.

Communities

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,036 people, 440 households, and 285 families residing in the township. By 2020, its population was 992.