Editing Elm River Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
*[[Donken, Michigan|Donken]] is an unincorporated community in the township.
*'''Elm River''' was an area around the operations of the Elm River Copper Company.  It had a post office from 1900 until 1907.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=181}}
*'''Lake Roland''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|04|N|88|51|50|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Lake Roland}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|629993|Lake Roland, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Twin Lakes''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|50|N|88|51|03|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Twin Lakes}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1615275|Twin Lakes, Michigan}}</ref>
*[[Winona, Michigan|'''Winona''']] is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|52|28|N|88|54|26|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Winona}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1622185|Winona, Michigan}}</ref> A copper mine was first opened in 1864 by the Winona Copper Mining Company identified by a line of Indian pits. The mine could not be profitably operated at the time and little was done with it until the Winona Copper Company was organized in 1898 and assumed ownership of the earlier mine.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Copper Handbook |last=Stevens |first=Horace J. |year=1900 |publisher=Horace J. Stevens |location=Houghton, Michigan |oclc=2342752 |pages=275–279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHbhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA275 |access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> A post office operated from April 5, 1899 until September 12, 1975, after which it was a [[Community Post Office]] of [[Toivola, Michigan|Toivola]] until January 1, 1982.<ref>{{cite gnis|2124015|Winona Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
*'''Wyandotte''' is an unincorporated community in the township at {{coord|46|53|24|N|88|52|31|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS|name=Wyandotte}}.<ref>{{cite gnis|1617956|Wyandotte, Michigan}}</ref>