 iron river township is a civil township of iron county in the u.s. state of michigan. the population was 1,585 at the 2000 census. == communities == * the city of iron river is situated at the southeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous. * beechwood is an unincorporated community in the township northwest of iron river on us 2 at  in 1888, beechwood was made a stop on the chicago and north western transportation company. in november 1889, a post office was established with richard m. dwyer as the first postmaster.{{cite book | last = romig | first = walter | year = 1986 | title = michigan place names | origyear= 1973 | publisher = 
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