Editing Shields, Michigan (section)

==History==
A post office operated in Shields from August 15, 1894 until Dec 15, 1902.<ref>{{gnis|2558476|Shields Post Office (historical)}}</ref>

The Shields brothers William and Arthur were born in 1826 and 1830 respectively in [[County Armagh]], Ireland. Along with their family, they immigrated to Michigan settling in Thomas Township in 1842. The bachelor brothers settled on {{convert|160|acre|km2}} in section three. Eventually the southeastern part of the Township came to be known as the Shields area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leeson |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/historysaginawc00clargoog |title=History of Saginaw County, Michigan |publisher=C.C. Chapman & co. |year=1881 |isbn=9781371007560 |location=Chicago, United States |pages=942–943 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Paines''' is a place within James Township and the CDP located on Dutch Road between River Roads and Stroebel Roads.<ref name="scm">[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_SAGINAW_COUNTY_125303_7.pdf Saginaw County Map.] J. Shively.  State of Michigan Department of Information Technology Technology Center for Geographic Information.  September 2007.</ref><ref>{{gnis|1617765|Paines, Michigan}}</ref> Paines was first settled in 1871 and named for A. B. Paine, a local brick manufacturer. It was a station at the junction of the [[Michigan Central Railroad|Michigan Central]] and the [[Pere Marquette Railway|Pere Marquette]] rail lines. A post office named "Painesville" was established on October 10, 1873, closed on May 29, 1876, and reopened on July 14, 1876. The office was renamed "Paines" on October 19, 1880 and continued until June 30, 1904.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter  | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref><ref>{{gnis|2558480|Paines Post Office (historical)}}</ref>