Editing Long Lake Township, Michigan (section)

== Communities ==
*'''Cedar Run''' is a ghost town in the northwestern part of the township, at {{coord|44|45|46|N|85|48|49.30|W|name=Cedar Run, Michigan}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/f2e1751b-0c8b-5349-973b-ad0b0213340e/summary |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref> Cedar Run was given a post office in 1868, and was traversed by a line of the [[Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad]] in 1892.<ref>{{Cite web |title=michiganrailroads.com - Evolution Map - Lower - 1892 |url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/178-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1890s/4387-evolution-map-lower-1892 |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.michiganrailroads.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=105}}</ref>
*'''Friend''' was a rural [[post office]] in 1881 and 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LongLake1866 |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jayhomer/genealogy/longlake7.htm |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=freepages.rootsweb.com}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=213}}</ref>
*'''Long Lake''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] on the northern shores of Long Lake, along North Long Lake Road. The community was established by [[Perry Hannah|Hannah, Lay & Company]] as the location of a sawmill west of Traverse City in 1871. The community had a post office from 1873 to 1878, and 1884 to 1887.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=334}}</ref> The community is located at {{coord|44|44|51.6|N|85|45|52.2|W|name=Long Lake, Michigan}}.
*'''Long Lake Peninsula''', a residential community on the peninsula in Long Lake ({{coord|44|42|33|N|85|44|19|W|name=Long Lake Peninsula, Michigan}}).
*'''Neal''' was the location of a post office lasting from 1890 to 1903.<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=389}}</ref>
Long Lake Township is located within {{convert|2|mi|km}} of the city of [[Traverse City, Michigan|'''Traverse City''']], to its east. The [[village]] of [[Lake Ann, Michigan|'''Lake Ann''']] is also just {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Long Lake Township's border with [[Benzie County, Michigan|Benzie County]].