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== Communities == * The [[Sunfield, Michigan|Village of Sunfield]] is the only incorporated municipality within the township. * '''Bismark''' was a post office in the southern part of the township. Brothers Silas P. and J. Hatch Loomis emigrated here in 1835. A post office named Bismark was established on January 26, 1871, with Hatch J. Loomis as the first postmaster, and operated 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>{{cite gnis|2574838|Bismarck Post Office (historical)}}</ref> * '''Clinton Junction''' was an unincorporated community that developed around a sawmill. It had a post office from 1871 until 1874.<ref>Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 121</ref> * '''Delwood''' was an unincorporated community in the township. It had a post office from 1882 until 1903.<ref>Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 153</ref> * '''Little Venice''' is an [[unincorporated community]] on [[M-50 (Michigan highway)|M-50]] (Clinton Trail) and the junction with Dow Road from the north and Granger Highway from the west at {{Coord|42|41|26|N|84|57|21|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS_scale:30000|name=Little Venice, Michigan|}}<ref>{{gnis|1617684|Little Venice, Michigan}}</ref> * '''Shaytown''' is an unincorporated community approximately one mile northwest of Little Venice at the junction of M-50 (Clinton Trail) and Shaytown Road at {{Coord|42|42|15|N|84|58|34|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS_scale:30000|name=Shaytown, Michigan|}}<ref>{{gnis|1617849|Shaytown, Michigan}}</ref> * '''Woodbury''' is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of the township at {{Coord|42|45|40|N|85|04|28|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS_scale:30000|name=Woodbury, Michigan|}}.<ref>{{gnis|1616738|Woodbury, Michigan}}</ref> It was founded as the [[Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway]] came through the area in 1889, and was named for a railroad official. A post office opened on November 18, 1889 with Charles A. Lapo as the first postmaster, and operated until November 15, 1933.<ref name="Romig"/>
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