Communities
- Danaher is an unincorporated community at 46°20′37″N 85°46′51″W / 46.34361°N 85.78083°W / 46.34361; -85.78083 (Danaher) just north of M-28 west of Newberry.
- Laketon is an unincorporated community at 46°20′34″N 85°44′54″W / 46.34278°N 85.74833°W / 46.34278; -85.74833 (Laketon), approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of McMillan. Laketon was a whistlestop on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad. A post office opened on March 11, 1902, with John M. Carr as its first postmaster. The office closed on May 15, 1913.
- McMillan is an unincorporated community at 46°20′20″N 85°41′14″W / 46.33889°N 85.68722°W / 46.33889; -85.68722 (McMillan). The settlement began when the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad was built through here in 1881. The station was named for James McMillan, then an executive of the railroad and future U.S. Senator from Michigan. McMillan's colleague in the railroad company, John Stoughton Newberry, is the namesake of the village of Newberry, approximately 10 miles (16 km) to the east. A post office was established on April 21, 1882, and the Mc Millan post office, with ZIP code 49853 serves central Columbus Township as well as much of Lakefield Township to the south and smaller portions of McMillan Township, to the east, and Portage Township to the south of Lakefield in Mackinac County.
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