is located in the northeastern lower peninsula of Michigan and has frontage on Lake Huron, Long Lake, the Thunder Bay River and other water sources. Our township encompasses the City of Alpena and contains 125 square miles of land. Our current population, based on the 2020 Census, is 9,116 with the entire county totaling 28,907 residents. The Charter Township of Alpena was established February 29, 1859.