Editing Lima Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
* '''Fourmile Lake''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township near the lake of the same name at {{coord|42|19|30|N|83|58|00|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617569|Fourmile Lake, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Jerusalem''' is an unincorporated community located within the township at {{coord|42|16|29|N|83|58|55|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|629268|Jerusalem, Michigan}}</ref>  The settlement was platted and named New Jerusalem by John Bingham who built a sawmill along Mill Creek in 1832.  Eventually, it was shortened to the name Jerusalem.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=292}}
* '''Lima Center''' is an unincorporated community located in the center of the township at {{coord|42|17|45|N|83|57|27|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|630413|Lima Center}}</ref>  William Lemmon purchased the first plot of land here in 1825 when the area was still part of [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] in the [[Michigan Territory]] until Washtenaw County was established in 1829.  Lima Township was organized in 1832, and the settlement became known as Lima Center due to its central location within the new township.  A post office under the name Mill Creek opened on February 12, 1833.  The post office was soon renamed Lima on May 2, 1834.  Mill Creek opened a separate post office aside from Lima from September 29, 1834 until April 28, 1836.  The settlement was documented as Mill Creek when it was platted in 1838.  The Lima post office remained in operation until August 15, 1901.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=328}}