Brevort, Michigan

Moran Township is a civil township of Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,080 at the 2000 census.CommunitiesBrevort is an unincorporated community in the township on U.S. Highway 2 at, approximately 20 miles northwest of St. Ignace, Michigan. The community is not a part of Brevort Township, which is adjacent to Moran Township on the north and east. Evergreen Shores is an unincorporated community in the township on Lake Huron approximately two miles north of St. Ignace at. Gros Cap is an unincorporated community in the township on Lake Michigan, approximately five miles west of St. Ignace at Ozark is a mostly unpopulated historic locale in the township at. It was the site for the charcoal kilns of the Martel Furnace Company and was a flag stop named "Johnson's" on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1882. A post office named Ozark operated from June 1884 until August 1966. The name was derived from the early French name for the place Aux Arc, meaning "at the bend."GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 134.4sqmi, of which 127.5sqmi is land and 6.9sqmi (5.15%) is water.