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Superior Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,058 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Dixboro is within the township, near its western edge. The township is surrounded by the nearby, larger communities of Canton Township, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor. The township is largely rural north of Geddes Road, which has been designated by the township government as the northern limit of high density development. The Hyundai America Technical Center is located in the township.〔http://www.hatci.com/locations_MI.aspx〕 ==Communities== There are two unincorporated communities in the township. *Dixboro is on the western edge of Superior Township and was founded in 1824, by Captain John Dix, a retired sea captain. Dix purchased of land in section 18 of what was then Township Two in the District of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Territory. In 1827, Dix filed a plat for 60 lots around the village square. Although the community prospered and had its own post office for many years, it never incorporated to form a municipal government. The railroad bypassed Dixboro, and Ann Arbor soon quickly outpaced Dixboro. Dixboro is situated east of the junction of Plymouth Road and Dixboro Road at . The community's most notable features are the Dixboro General Store,〔(Dixboro General Store creates 'holiday feeling' with Santa visits ), AnnArbor.com, December 18, 2010〕 founded in 1840, and the Humane Society of Huron Valley, founded in 1896. *Frains Lake is a small rural farming community in Superior Township, northeast of Ann Arbor. It is also the name of the small lake, wide by long, from which the hamlet gets its name. The community is in the area where Plymouth Road intersects with the northern terminus of Prospect Road, northeast of the village of Dixboro at . Road signs spell the community's name as "Frains Lake" without an apostrophe, but it is sometimes named "Frain's Lake" or "Frain Lake." The lake is at an elevation of 〔 and appears in the ''Denton'' U.S. Geological Map.〔The Pray Cemetery and the historic Esek Pray House are located to the east of Frains Lake; inside the community is the historic Frains Lake School, which was constructed in 1872. The lake and community were named after Michael Frain who came to the area in 1835, the date of establishment for the community given on the road signs on Plymouth Road. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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