Editing Wise Township, Michigan (section)

==History==
Wise Township was established on January 24, 1872.  It was named after George Wise, who was one of the first settlers to the area in the community of [[Loomis, Michigan|Loomis]].  Originally, Wise Township occupied two 36-square-mile [[survey township]]s in the northeast corner of Isabella County.  The original boundaries of the township can be seen on an 1873 county map.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cartography Associates|url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~22374~730126:-Map-of-Isabella-County,-Michigan--|title=Map of Isabella County, Michigan (1873)|date=2023|accessdate=June 23, 2023}}</ref>  The southern half of Wise Township was set aside as [[Denver Township, Isabella County, Michigan|Denver Township]] in 1876.<ref>{{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 |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=154, 334–335}}</ref>