Editing Shiawassee Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
*'''[[Bancroft, Michigan|Bancroft]]''' is a village located in the southeast section of the township along Grand River Road and the railroad, southeast of Lansing Road at {{Coord|42|52|43|N|84|3|50|W|}}.
*'''Newburg''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the township at Newburg and Bancroft roads, east of the [[Shiawassee River]] at {{Coord|42|54|32|N|84|4|9|W|}}.<ref name="scmg2">{{cite web |url=http://shiawasseehistory.com/location.html |title=Shiawassee County Michigan GPS Locations |access-date=19 November 2008 |work=Shiawassee County Michigan History }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The community was named after [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N.Y.]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T4iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1568%2C1275079 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County | work=The Argus-Press | date=September 15, 2000 | access-date=30 April 2015 | pages=3}}</ref>
*'''Shiawasseetown''' is an unincorporated community within the township at Bancroft and Bennington roads. {{Coord|42|55|46|N|84|04|46|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:10000_source:GNIS|name=Shiawasseetown, Michigan|display=inline}}<ref>{{gnis|629618|Shiawasseetown, Michigan}}</ref><ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SHIAWASSEE_COUNTY_125308_7.pdf SHIAWASSEE County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Genographic Information.  September 2007.</ref> Charles Bacon from Ohio started a company to buy and sell land here. A plat was filed and recorded in 1836.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BT8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1689%2C2760640 | title=Ghost towns and post offices of Shiawassee County visited | work=The Argus-Press | date=October 2, 2000 | access-date=2 May 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> On July 12, 1837, Lemuel Brown, postmaster, opened the post office as Shiawassee. On May 26, 1857, the Office was renamed Shiawassee Town. The city was planned as a possible state capital with 90 city blocks, two town squares and a park.  The Shiawassee River in the community was dammed in the early 1900s for power. Most of the development never materialized.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_U8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Kq0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1608%2C3985750 | title='It's only a paper (town)' but site of many 'firsts' | work=The Argus-Press | date=Aug 19, 1982 | access-date=3 November 2015 | author=Klein, Donna | pages=11}}</ref>