Editing Northfield Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
* '''Emery''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at {{coord|42|21|36|N|83|40|59|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|625574|Emery, Michigan}}</ref>  Emery was settled as early as 1831 by Joshua Leland from [[Madison County, New York]].  He named the settlement after his son Emery Leland, who much later served as Northfield Township Supervisor and county judge.  Emery was renamed Leland in 1884 when the [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)|Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan Railroad]] built a station named Leland in the community.  Despite the name change, a post office opened in the community under the name Emery on February 20, 1884 and operated until March 31, 1903.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=184}}
* '''Gravel Run''' is a former settlement that was founded by Roswell Curtis in 1842, and he became the first postmaster when the Gravel Run post office opened on May 18, 1850.  He served in this capacity until he died in 1870.  The community was named after the stream where the community was located.  The post office was transferred to and renamed Northfield on October 2, 1860.  The Gravel Run post office was soon reestablished on October 22, 1860.  The post office closed on November 19, 1875 but was restored briefly from November 12, 1877 until it ultimately closed on July 19, 1878.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=220}}   
* '''Northfield''' is an unincorporated community located within the township at {{coord|42|20|38|N|83|43|35|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617749|Northfield, Michigan}}</ref>  A post office was first established here on June 9, 1834 and was named after the township.  The post office was transferred to and renamed [[Whitmore Lake, Michigan|Whitmore Lake]] on December 17, 1854.  The Northfield post office was reestablished on February 16, 1855 and operated until January 3, 1856.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=403}}
* '''Walsh''' is the name of a former settlement within the township.  The Walsh post office was established on July 18, 1881 after it was transferred from Webster in neighboring [[Webster Township, Michigan|Webster Township]].  Webster reestablished its own post office on April 14, 1882.  The Walsh post office operated until January 13, 1885.{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=581}}{{sfn|Romig|1986|p=588}}
* '''[[Whitmore Lake, Michigan|Whitmore Lake]]''' is an unincorporated community and [[census-designated place]] located within the township at {{coord|42|26|23|N|83|44|38|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1616386|Whitmore Lake, Michigan}}</ref>  The CDP also extends north into [[Green Oak Township, Michigan|Green Oak Township]] in [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]].