Editing Drummond Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
* '''Drummond''' (or Drummond Island) is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] on [[Potagannissing Bay]] on the northwest side of the island at {{Coord|46|01|12|N|83|43|52|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617360|Drummond, Michigan}}</ref>  It was named after British commander [[Gordon Drummond]], who built a fort here after the [[War of 1812]].  He abandoned the fort in 1822 when it was apparent that the island would become American territory.  By the 1850s, the area was settled by Mormon missionaries and Native Americans.  A post office in Drummond began operating on February 9, 1881.  The post office was renamed Drummond Island on July 1, 1953.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=163}}  The Drummond Island 49726 ZIP Code serves the entirety of Drummond Township.<ref name=GOOG>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Drummond,+MI+49726/@46.0139605,-83.8275033,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d341f8f616a7ded:0x2986ce3fe68d423e!8m2!3d45.9939894!4d-83.6367685!16s%2Fm%2F03ds5s6?entry=ttu |title = 49726 ZIP Code map |access-date = May 4, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=ZIPC>{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/49726/|title=ZIP Code 49726: Drummond Island|date=2024|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> 
* '''Johnswood''' (also spelled as Johns Wood) is an unincorporated community on the southern coast of the island at {{coord|45.9508543|-83.6222194|format=dms}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617648|Johnswood, Michigan}}</ref>  The community was settled around 1905 when the Kreetan Company from [[Tonawanda, New York]] took over the area sawmills.  It was originally named Scammon's Cove after the small bay.  A post office began operating under the name Kreetan on September 7, 1905.  The post office was renamed Johns Wood when Harold Johnson became postmaster on March 19, 1914.  The post office remained in operation until 1927.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=294}}
* '''Lincoln''' is an unincorporated community near the center of Drummond Island at {{coord|45.9739100|-83.6563878|format=dms}}.<ref>{{GNIS|630441|Lincoln, Michigan}}</ref>  
* '''Maxton''' is an unincorporated community located at {{coord|46.0339101|-83.6758339|format=dms}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617364|Maxton, Michigan}}</ref>  The community was established by the Cleveland Cedar Company in 1904 as a sawmill settlement along Potagannissing Bay a few miles northeast of Drummond.  For the next three decades, several other sawmills began operating here.<ref>{{cite book | last = Dodge| first = Ray| year = 1996 | title = Michigan Ghost Towns: Of the Upper Peninsula (formerly Michigan Ghost Towns, Vol. III) | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Thunder Bay Press Michigan | location = Alpena, Michigan | isbn = 9780934884020| pages = 59 }}</ref>  A post office in Maxton operated from 1904 until 1950.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=358}}