Editing Flushing Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
* '''Brent Creek''' is a small community within the township at {{coord|43|07|04|N|83|53|12|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Brent Creek, Michigan}}<ref>{{gnis|621924|Brent Creek, Michigan}}</ref> on Mt. Morris Road between Nichols Road and Seymour Road.<ref name="gcm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_GENESEE_COUNTY_125206_7.pdf Genesee County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information.  September 2007.</ref> Retiring after twenty years of U.S. diplomatic service in Spain and Portugal, [[Thomas L. L. Brent|Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent]], a nephew of Virginia Congressman and Senator [[Richard Brent (Virginia)|Richard Brent]] and grandson of Virginia colonial statesman [[Thomas Ludwell Lee]], bought a large tract of land here and settled on it. In 1837, his workers built a mill on the Charlotte Creek, which was named for his daughter, but was later renamed Brent Creek. A post office named Brent Creek was established on November 2, 1888 with Frank J. Browne as the first postmaster. The spelling was changed to Brentcreek on June 25, 1894.<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>