Communities
Five Lakes
Five Lakes, formerly Asa, is an unincorporated community on the boundary between Arcadia Township to the east and Mayfield Township to the west. It was first settled in 1855 and named for the nearby lakes.Five Lakes. p. 198. Romig, Walter. ''Michigan Place Names''.Kings Mill
Kings Mill is an unincorporated community in the township at . The settlement formed around the grist mill and sawmill of Harvey King. It was a station on the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad (later part of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad). A post office operated from December 4, 1883, to February 15, 1934.Lum
Lum is an unincorporated community in the township at . Lum was a station on the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Railroad (later part of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad)Station:Lum, MichiganHistory
Five Lakes was settled in 1855. Three sawmills were built there with one on the Mayfield Township side. On May 28, 1869, a Five Lakes post office under postmaster William G. Stone, an inn-keeper, opened. The post office on April 6, 1874, was renamed to Asa but on April 29, 1878, returned to the Five Lakes name. A post office opened at King's Mill on December 4, 1883. The Lum settlement was founded in 1884, and Elijah Vincent became the first postmaster on March 24, 1884. In January 1909, the Lum depot suffered an explosion. The King's Mill post office closed on February 15, 1934.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km2), of which 35.3 square miles (91.5 km2) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.2 km2) (2.38%) is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,197 people, 1,089 households, and 887 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,134 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.40% White, 0.31% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.53% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population. There were 1,089 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.4% wereReferences
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