Editing Lapeer Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==
* The [[Lapeer, Michigan|city of Lapeer]] is located to the northwest and incorporates land from the township, but is administratively autonomous. The Lapeer post office, with [[ZIP code]] 48446, also serves most of Lapeer Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48446&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48446 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* '''Hunters Creek''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the southern part of township at {{Coord|42|59|08|N|83|17|38|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Hunters Creek}}.<ref>{{gnis|628835|Hunters Creek, Michigan}}</ref> The settlement was named for the nearby stream and dates from approximately 1836. A post office opened on October 30, 1857, with Harris M. Tripp as the first postmaster. It became a station on the [[Detroit and Bay City Railroad]] in 1872. John Clark built a sawmill and shingle mill in 1873.<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>
* The community and township of [[Attica, Michigan|Attica]] is to the east, and the Attica Post Office, with ZIP code 48412, also serves a portion of eastern Lapeer Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48412&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48412 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* The village of [[Metamora, Michigan|Metamora]] is to the south, and the Metamora post office, with ZIP code 48455, also serves portions of southern Lapeer Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48455&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48455 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>