Sagola Township, Built by the Past,
on Track for the Future.
Sagola Township is a civil township of Dickinson
County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population
was 1,106 at the 2010 census. Channing,
Floodwood, Randville, and Sagola are in Sagola
Township.
Channing is on M-95 about 24 miles north of Iron
Mountain. It began as a railroad junction called
"Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established
named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a
mining engineer who surveyed the area. The post
office continues to serve ZIP code 49815.
Floodwood is on M-95 about five miles north of
Channing and two miles south of the Marquette
County boundary. It began as a lumber settlement
on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad. A post
office was in operation there from 1887 until 1905.
Randville is on M-95 about 14 miles north of Iron
Mountain. It is just south of the junction with M-69.
The mining settlement formed because of the
nearby Groveland Mine. It was a station on the
Milwaukee and Northern Railroad in 1880 and a
post office was in operation there from 1891 until
1932.
Sagola is on M-95 at the junction where M-69
branches off to the west. Crystal Falls is 13 miles
west on M-69. M-69 runs concurrently with M-95
south of town about six miles to just north of
Randville. Sagola was formed, when in about 1885,
five Chicago men formed the Sagola Lumber
Company to harvest pine timber in the area. The
name was derived from the local Indian word for
"welcome". A post office was first established there
in 1889, and continues today to serve ZIP code
49881.
Much of the township is the Copper Country State
Forest. The northwest portion is drained by the
Michigamme River. A small portion of the northeast
is drained by tributaries of the Escanaba River. The
central portion is drained by the Ford River, and the
south by the Sturgeon River. According to the United
States Census Bureau, the township has a total area
of 162.8 square miles, of which, 160.3 square miles
of it is land and 2.5 square miles of it (1.55%) is
water.
News and Notices
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Seeking an Ordinance Enforcement Officer
Immediately
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Salary: $125/month + mileage
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Duties: Responding to violations of Sagola
Twp. Ordinances
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Questions: Contact Supervisor Don Minerick
at 906-282-6995
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Notice of Public Hearing, June 24, 2022, at 6 PM
at the Sagola Twp Hall. The Sagola Twp.
Planning Commission will hear a request for a
Special Land Use Permit to build a pavilion at
306 1st St., Sagola, MI
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Anyone wishing to give testimony will be
given an opportunity, either in writing or
orally at this Public Hearing. Any comments
may be sent to Pam Minerick, PO Box 91,
Channing, MI 49815
Township Monthly Meeting Dates for 2022-
2023
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Monday, June 6, 2022
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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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Monday, August 1, 2022
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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Monday, October 3, 2022
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Monday, December 5, 2022
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Tuesday, January 3, 2023
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Monday, February 6, 2023
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Monday, March 6, 2023
ALL MEETINGS BEGIN AT 6:00 PM
SAGOLA COMMUNITY BUILDING
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND