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==Communities== * '''[[Byron Center, Michigan|Byron Center]]''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] at the center of the township. The Byron Center 49315 [[ZIP Code]] serves most of the township. * '''Carlisle''' (or West Carlisle) is mostly historical community in the township at {{Coord|42|49|35|N|85|41|00|W|type:city_region:US-MI_scale:30000_source:GNIS}}.<ref>{{gnis|622723|Carlisle, Michigan}}</ref> Carlisle was a station on the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad]]. A post office named "West Carlisle" operated here from March 1884 until September 1910.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref> * '''[[Corinth, Michigan|Corinth]]''' is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township on the boundary with [[Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan|Gaines Township]]. * '''[[Cutlerville, Michigan|Cutlerville]]''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the northeast of the township, with part of the CDP extending east into Gaines Township. * '''North Byron''' is an unincorporated community near the northern boundary of the township at {{Coord|42|50|42|N|85|43|58|W|type:city_region:US-MI_scale:30000_source:GNIS|display=inline}}.<ref>{{gnis|633551|North Byron, Michigan}}</ref> It began as a settlement named "Scudderville" on Rush Creek with a station on the [[Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway]]. It was named for Henry W. Scudder, a local landowner. A post office named "North Byron" operated from October 1862 to December 1879 and from March 1894 to September 1903.<ref name="Romig"/> * '''North Dorr''' is a small community at the boundary between Byron Township and [[Dorr Township, Allegan County, Michigan|Dorr Township]] in [[Allegan County, Michigan|Allegan County]] to the south.<ref>{{gnis|633563|North Dorr, Michigan}}</ref> * '''Ross''' is a mostly historical community in the southeast part of the township at {{Coord|42|46|57|N|85|41|40|W|type:city_region:US-MI_scale:30000_source:GNIS}}.<ref>{{gnis|1617827|Ross, Michigan}}</ref> Ross began as a depot on the [[Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad]] and was first named "Ross Station". It was [[plat]]ted by William Thornton for William Ross in 1871. A post office was established in June 1871 with Daniel Ross as the first postmaster.<ref name="Romig"/>
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