Editing Mikado Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
*'''Alvin''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located in the southeastern portion of the township at {{Coord|44|31|28|N|83|26|33|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617414|Alvin, Michigan}}</ref>  Alvin was founded as a lumbering community and had its own post office from February 14, 1906 until February 15, 1911.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=22}}
*'''Kurtz''' is an unincorporated community on the western border of the township with [[Curtis Township, Michigan|Curtis Township]] at {{coord|44|33|40|N|83|38|44|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617664|Kurtz, Michigan}}</ref>  The community was named for Hugo Kurtz, and it began as a logging community around 1900.  A post office opened briefly from July 31, 1909 until March 31, 1911.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=310}}
*'''Mikado''' is an unincorporated community in the northeastern corner of the township at {{Coord|44|35|27|N|83|25|22|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|632295|Mikado, Michigan}}</ref>  The community was originally called West Greenbush and was founded by Daniel Bruce, who built a hotel for the area's lumbermen in 1886.  He persuaded the [[Detroit and Mackinac Railway]] to establish a station through the area by traveling to [[Tawas City, Michigan|Tawas City]].  He paid and requested to have the railway line built along the main line running northeast to [[Lincoln, Michigan|Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michiganrailroads.com|url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/stations-alcona-co-01/343-mikado-mi|title=Station: Mikado, MI|date=2022|accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref>  Bruce also asked and received a post office on May 11, 1886.  Bruce requested that the new post office and community be recognized under the names Bruceville or Bruce Crossing.  Bruceville was rejected, and [[Stannard Township, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]] was already assigned to another community up north.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikado Township|url=https://mikadotownship.org/|title=History of Mikado Township|date=2022|accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref>  The postal service instead chose the name Mikado for the new post office.  The community incorporated as a village in 1906 but soon after disincorporated.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=368}}  The post office remains open and uses the 48745 ZIP Code, which serves most of Mikado Township and portions of several neighboring townships.<ref>{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mikado,+MI+48745/@44.5721799,-83.6154928,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8827490eef880f2d:0xc08162c5b8c636bd!8m2!3d44.5713463!4d-83.4856913 |title = 48745 ZIP Code map |access-date = June 24, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/48745/|title=ZIP Code 48745: Mikado|date=2022|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>