Editing Swan Creek Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==
* '''Garfield''' is an [[unincorporated community]] near the center of the township at Lakefield and Teft Roads ({{coord|43|21|05|N|84|08|02|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Garfield}}).<ref>{{gnis|1617577|Garfield, Michigan}}</ref><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> Garfield began as a logging settlement in about 1870 with the mills of L. Pennoyer and R. H. Nason. In 1879, Nason, along with Helen B. Allen and W. Husen, also built a salt block here. It was a station on the [[Michigan Central Railroad]], and was named for the nearby Garfield coal mine.<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>
* '''Orr''' is an unincorporated community in the township at Swan Creek and Orr Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617763|Orr, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from July 7, 1896, until October 14, 1904<ref>{{gnis|2558576|Orr Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
* '''Swan Creek''' is an unincorporated community on the border with [[James Township, Michigan|James Township]] at Swan Creek and Van Wormer Roads.<ref name="scm" /><ref>{{gnis|1617884|Swan Creek, Michigan}}</ref> A post office operated from July 15, 1869, until October 16, 1871, and from October 20, 1892, until September 15, 1927.<ref>{{gnis|2558474|Swan Creek Post Office (historical)}}</ref>