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==Communities== *'''Antrim Center''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the township at Godfrey and E. Ellsworth roads. {{Coord|42|48|49|N|84|06|52|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Antrim Center|display=inline}}<ref>{{gnis|1617419|Antrim Center, Michigan}}</ref> Originally, the post office here was called Antrim, then later changed to Glass River.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.migenweb.org/shiawassee/history.html |title=History of Shiawassee County and its Townships |access-date=2009-03-24 |work=Shiwawassee County MIGenWeb Project |publisher=The MIGenWeb Project |date=2008-12-05}}</ref> The post office closed on September 13, 1888.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/mi/glassriver.html | title =Glass River | access-date =2009-03-24 | author =Mike Steele | work =Ghosttowns.com | publisher =Ghosttowns.com }}</ref> *'''Nicholson''' is an unincorporated community in the township on E. Lovejoy Road (border road with [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]]) between State and Nohel roads. {{Coord|42|46|37|N|84|07|26|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Nicholson, Michigan|display=inline}}<ref>{{gnis|1617743|Nicholson, Michigan}}</ref><ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SHIAWASSEE_COUNTY_125308_7.pdf SHIAWASSEE County Map.] J. Shively. State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information. September 2007.</ref> Nicholson contained a post office from 1896 until 1901.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MI&county=Shiawassee | title=Shiawassee County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Joseph C. Nicholson, the postmaster, gave the community its name.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BT8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C2760640 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County visited | work=The Argus-Press | date=October 2, 2000 | access-date=2 May 2015 | pages=3}}</ref>
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