Editing Belvidere Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==
* '''Six Lakes''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] near the center of the township at {{Coord|43|25|30|N|85|09|00|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Six Lakes}}<ref>{{gnis|638021|Six Lakes, Michigan}}</ref> on highway [[M-46 (Michigan highway)|M-46]] where [[M-66 (Michigan highway)|M-66]] branches to the north. A settlement named "Sumnerville" laid out by L. C. Sumner in 1873 and located approximately {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} east of Six Lakes was the first village [[plat]]ted in the township. The settlement saw some growth, but when the [[Chicago, Saginaw and Canada Railroad]] (which became part of the [[Pere Marquette Railway]] and then the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]]) was built and a station was established nearer to the Flat River, Sumner subsequently sold his holdings and moved to [[Edmore, Michigan|Edmore]]. Hiram Clark and Dr. J. B. Daniels purchased {{convert|70|acre|m2}} of land around the rail station, then [[plat]]ted "Six Lakes" on May 13, 1876. A post office was established on December 20, 1878.<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>&nbsp;<ref>[http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Stations/CountyStations/MontcalmStations/SixLakesMI.htm Six Lakes Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106235545/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Stations/CountyStations/MontcalmStations/SixLakesMI.htm |date=2007-11-06 }}, Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum</ref>&nbsp;<ref>{{cite book |last=Schenck |first=John S. |title=History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan |orig-year=1881 |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/bad0939.0001.001 |access-date=2009-02-15 |year=2005 |publisher=University of Michigan Library |location=Ann Arbor, Mich. |pages=404–405 |chapter=Belvidere |chapter-url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;rgn=full%20text;idno=BAD0939.0001.001;didno=BAD0939.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000548}}</ref>&nbsp;<ref>{{cite book |last=Dasef |first=John W. |title=History of Montcalm County, Michigan its people, industries and institutions...with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families |orig-year=1916 |url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3933273.0001.001 |access-date=2009-02-06 |year=2005 |publisher=University of Michigan Library |location=Ann Arbor, Mich. |pages=60–65 |chapter=Township History |chapter-url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;rgn=full%20text;idno=3933273.0001.001;didno=3933273.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000058 }}</ref> The Six Lakes post office with [[ZIP code]] 48886 serves most of Belvidere Township as well as smaller portions of [[Cato Township, Michigan|Cato Township]] to the west, [[Douglass Township, Michigan|Douglass Township]] to the south and [[Millbrook Township, Michigan|Millbrook Township]] to the north in [[Mecosta County, Michigan|Mecosta County]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US48886&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en ZCTA Reference Map for 48886] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212044228/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US48886&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en |date=2020-02-12 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>