Editing Sagola Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are a few small [[unincorporated community|unincorporated communities]]. 
 
*'''Channing''' is on [[M-95 (Michigan highway)|M-95]] about {{convert|24|mi|km}} north of [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]] at {{Coord|46|08|30|N|88|05|38|W|}}. It began as a railroad junction called "Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a mining engineer who surveyed the area. The post office continues to serve [[ZIP code]] 49815.<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><ref>{{gnis|623079|Channing, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Floodwood''' is on M-95 about five miles (8&nbsp;km) north of Channing and two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of the [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] boundary. It began as a lumber settlement on the [[Milwaukee and Northern Railway Company|Milwaukee and Northern Railroad]]. A post office was in operation there from 1887 until 1905.<ref name="Romig"/><ref>{{gnis|1617562|Floodwood, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Randville''' is on M-95 about {{convert|14|mi|km}} north of [[Iron Mountain, Michigan|Iron Mountain]]. It is just south of the junction with [[M-69 (Michigan highway)|M-69]] at {{Coord|45|59|30|N|88|03|25|W|}}. The mining settlement formed because of the nearby Groveland Mine. It was a station on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad in 1880 and a post office was in operation there from 1891 until 1932.<ref name="Romig"/><ref>{{gnis|1617810|Randville, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Sagola''' is on M-95 at the junction where M-69 branches off to the west. [[Crystal Falls, Michigan|Crystal Falls]] is {{convert|13|mi|km}} west on M-69. M-69 runs concurrently with M-95 south of town about six miles (10&nbsp;km) to just north of Randville. Sagola is at {{Coord|46|05|25|N|88|04|39|W|}}. It was formed, when in about 1885, five Chicago men formed the Sagola Lumber Company to harvest pine timber in the area. The name was derived from the local Indian word for "welcome". A post office was first established there in 1889, and continues today to serve [[ZIP code]] 49881.<ref name="Romig"/><ref>{{gnis|636506|Sagola, Michigan}}</ref>