Local Towns and Areas
- Brooklyn (located east 1.7 miles (2.7 km)) Population (2000) 1,176
- Cement City (located southwest 0.8 miles (1.3 km)) Population (2000) 452
- Clark Lake (Jackson County, Michigan) - located north 1.4 miles (2.3 km)
- Jackson (located north approximately 12.9 miles (20.8 km)) Population (2000) City: 36,316 - Metro Area: 163,629
- Napoleon (located north east 4.8 miles (7.7 km)) Population (2000) 1,254
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“[Urging the national government] to eradicate local prejudices and mistaken rivalships to consolidate the affairs of the states into one harmonious interest.”
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About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
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