Editing Orient Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are a few [[unincorporated community|unincorporated communities]]:
*'''Sears'''  is a small farming community in the northwest part of the township, between [[U.S. Route 10 in Michigan|US 10]] and the [[CSX Transportation|railroad line]], originally built the [[Flint and Pere Marquette Railway]] (later the [[Pere Marquette Railway]]. It has a medium-sized [[Amish]] community along with their stores and farms. The Sears post office serves [[ZIP code]] 49679, which covers most of Orient Township and the eastern half of [[Sylvan Township, Osceola County, Michigan|Sylvan Township]] to the north along with a small portion of eastern [[Evart Township, Michigan|Evart Township]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49679&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en Map of 49679 ZIP Code Tabulation Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608002658/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49679&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en |date=2011-06-08 }} from the 2000 U.S. Census</ref><ref>{{gnis|637504|Sears, Michigan}}</ref>