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
SUMMER HELP POSITION AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY
Hourly Wage To Be Determined
Mowing, Weed Whacking, General Maintenance
Planning Commission, Zoning Board Of
Appeals, Violations Bureau
Seeking township residents that are
interested in serving on any of these boards.
All meetings are $40/diem.
Submit a letter of interest to: Sagola Twp., PO
Box 195, Channing, MI 49815, or Call Don
Minerick, Supervisor 906-282-6995 for more
information.
Positions open until filled. Next special meeting
date: 7/19/2022
Township Monthly Meeting Dates for 2022-
2023
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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