Editing Empire Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==

* '''Burdickville''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[ghost town]] on the shore of [[Glen Lake]], at {{Coord|44|50|56|N|85|56|53.3|W||name=Burdickville, Michigan}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |website=edits.nationalmap.gov |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/a0826fbe-926b-5d88-90e1-a67a487cdae0/summary |access-date=2023-01-11}}</ref> Burdickville was established in 1864, and abandoned in 1912.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=87}}{{sfn|Zoeren|2008|p={{page needed|date=September 2014}}}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Helm |first=Nan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYw2HAAACAAJ |title="Village Days & Village Ways" of Burdickville |date=c. 1960 |publisher=Watson Printing Company}}{{self-published inline|date=May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-04-07 |title=Burdickville, Michigan |url=https://leelanau.com/burdickville-michigan/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Leelanau.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNbVAAAAMAAJ&dq=Burdickville&pg=RA3-PA38 |title=The Michigan Technic |date=1909 |publisher=University of Michigan, College of Engineering}}</ref> Burdickville was founded in 1864 by William D. Burdick.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dickinson |first=Julia Terry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INp5AAAAMAAJ&q=Burdickville |title=The Story of Leelanau |date=1951 |publisher=Solle's Bookshop}}</ref>
* The [[Village (United States)|village]] of [[Empire, Michigan|'''Empire''']] is located in the west of the township, on the shore of [[Lake Michigan]].
* [[Jacktown, Michigan|'''Jacktown''']] is a ghost town in Empire Township, at {{Coord|44|46|43|N|85|59|15|W||name=Jacktown, Michigan}}.