Berlin Charter Township, Michigan
township in Monroe County, Michigan
Berlin Charter Township is a charter township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the township population was 9,890.
The township was organized in 1867 from the eastern portion of Ash Township. As part of the Monroe Metropolitan Area, the township is also included as part of the much larger Metro Detroit region.
Communities
Estral Beach is a village in the southeasternmost portion of the township along Lake Erie. As a village, Estral Beach has some autonomy but is still under the administration of the township. The population of the village was 403 at the 2020 census.
Newport is an unincorporated community centered at 42°00′08″N 83°18′31″W in the southwest portion of the township. As an unincorporated area, Newport has no legal boundaries or demographic statistics of its own. Newport contains its own post office with the 48166 ZIP Code, and locations in the southern part of Berlin Charter Township use Newport as a mailing address.
“Berlin Charter Township, Michigan” enters the record as township in Monroe County, Michigan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Berlin, Charter and Township can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1920436. VIAF identifies the subject as 163968473. The Library of Congress control number is no2011003814. Authority coordinates are 42.033, -83.267. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1867.
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