Breen Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 499, slightly up from 479 at the 2000 census.CommunitiesThere are no incorporated municipalities in the township. Foster City is an unincorporated community on M-69 and the east branch of the Sturgeon River at. It was a station on a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The community was founded and named after Alonzo L. Foster, a lumberman. A post office was established in 1886 and continues to be served by ZIP Code 49834.Hardwood is an unincorporated community about two miles east of Foster City on M-69 and the east branch of the Sturgeon River at. It was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway, named by its principal proprietors, the Menominee Hardwood & Shingle Company in 1884. A post office was in operation for several months in 1891. It is currently served by ZIP Code 49834 out of Foster City, Michigan.Hylas is a historic locale, located about three miles east of Hardwood on M-69. It was a station on the Chicago and North Western Railway, named by the railroad for Hylas from Greek mythology.
