Editing Skandia Township, Michigan (section)

==Communities==
*'''Carlshend''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|622726|Carlshend, Michigan}}</ref> It was founded in 1893 by Karl Petros Janssen also known as Carl Peter Johnson. He wanted to name it "Carlslund" but the post office mangled it into its current name.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Skandia |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |year=1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |location=Detroit |isbn=978-0814318386|access-date=July 3, 2017|via = Google Books|page=98}}</ref>
*'''Dukes''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|1619779|Dukes, Michigan}}</ref> It began around a railroad station in 1926 and was largely settled by Finnish immigrants.  The settlers themselves named it '''Lehtola'''. It was given a post office in 1929 which operated periodically until 1963.<ref>{{harvp|Romig|1986|page=164}}.</ref>
*'''Lawson''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|1620498|Lawson, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Maple Grove''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|1617699|Maple Grove, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Selma''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|1617844|Selma, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Skandia''' is an unincorporated community on the western edge of the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|638045|Skandia, Michigan}}</ref>
*'''Vick''' is an unincorporated community in the township.<ref>{{cite gnis|1617912|Vick, Michigan}}</ref>