[3] Michigan and the entire old Northwest Territory were gridded into 36 square mile geographic townships.

Due to the mountainous terrain and low population density, both the counties and their political subdivisional townships in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were defined in order to keep communities connected to their county seats.

[4] (The 21st century Simar landing strip is just east in Bohemia Township).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 113.19 square miles (293.2 km2), all land.

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.