Editing Sharon Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
* '''Rowes Corner''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located within the township at the intersection of [[M-52 (Michigan highway)|M-52]] and Pleasant Lake Road at {{coord|42|11|30|N|84|01|57|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1617828|Rowes Corner, Michigan}}</ref>
* '''Sharon''' was the first settlement within the community when plots of land were purchased in 1830, and settlers moved to the area starting in 1831.  Sharon Township itself was organized in 1834 and was named after [[Sharon, Connecticut]].  The first post office opened under the name Richfield in February 1832 but was changed to the name of Sharon on January 15, 1836 after the name of the township.  The post office operated until July 15, 1855.  The community of Sharon would later develop into Sharon Plain and Sharonville.<ref name=ROMIG>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=181}}</ref>
* '''Sharon Hollow''' is an unincorporated community located on the north banks of the [[River Raisin]] within the township at {{coord|42|10|42|N|84|05|38|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|637665|Sharon Hollow, Michigan}}</ref> It is the present-day community that derived from the historic Sharon, Sharon Plains, and Sharonville communities.
* '''Sharon Plain''' is a former settlement within the township that was settled with a very briefly operating post office from June 24 to September 18, 1867.  It was named after the township and a successor of the Sharon community that eventually became Sharonville.<ref name=ROMIG/>
* '''Sharonville''' is a former community located within the township.  Sharonville briefly had its own post office from December 14, 1891 until September 1, 1899.<ref name=ROMIG/>