Editing Burnside Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==
* '''Burnside''' is an unincorporated community in the township near the junction of [[M-90 (Michigan highway)|M-90]] and [[M-53 (Michigan highway)|M-53]] at {{Coord|43|12|38|N|83|04|38|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Burnside}}<ref>{{gnis|622305|Burnside, Michigan}}</ref>  The first white settlers were William Brown in 1854 and Franklin Keeler in 1855. Allison Township was organized in 1855 and a post office named Allison was established on August 25, 1857, with Simeon P. Gates as the first postmaster. In 1866, the township and post office were renamed to honor [[American Civil War]] Union General [[Ambrose Burnside]]. The post office closed on October 30, 1913.<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>
* The city of [[Brown City, Michigan|Brown City]] is to the east in [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac County]], and the Brown City post office, with ZIP code 48416, also serves most of Burnside Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48416&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48416 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* The city of [[Marlette, Michigan|Marlette]] is to the north in Sanilac County, and the Marlette post office, with ZIP code 48453, also serves a portion of northern Burnside Township.* The village of [[Brown City, Michigan|Brown City]] is to the east in Sanilac County and the Brown City post office, with ZIP code 48416, also serves most of Burnside Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48453&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48453 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* The village of [[North Branch, Michigan|North Branch]] is to the west in [[North Branch Township, Michigan|North Branch Township]], and the North Branch post office, with ZIP code 48461, also serves portions of western Burnside Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48461&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48461 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>
* The city of [[Imlay City, Michigan|Imlay City]] is to the south, and the Imlay City post office, with ZIP code 48444, also serves a small area in southwest Burnside Township.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48444&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 48444 5-Digit ZCTA, 484 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121009092303/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US48444&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en |date=2012-10-09 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>