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Curtis Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,236 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Curtis township, Alcona County, Michigan )〕 Curtis Township was organized in 1881 and named for its first settler, E.D. Curtis.〔 There were several lumber camps in the township area around Curtisville.〔(Lumber camp history in the Curtisville area )〕 ==Communities== *Bamfields (also spelled Bamfield) was a station on the Au Sable and Northwestern Railroad near what was then known as the Bamfield Pond. A post office was established on December 27, 1922, with March C. Freeman as postmaster. The office closed on June 30, 1924, or about the time the Alcona Dam Pond was created.〔("Alcona Dam Pond" ), by Timothy A. Cwalinski, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Status of the Fishery Resource Report, No. 2004-6, Year 2004〕 An old toll bridge made of logs, called the Bliss Bridge, crossed the Au Sable River here. It was later replaced by the Bamfield Bridge, which was made from hewed timber. The area where the bridges were located are now under the waters of the Alcona Dam Pond.〔("The History of Curtis Township ), by Catherine Clarey, written as a school assignment during the period when the Alcona Dam was under construction, between 1914 and 1924; also archived at (USGenWeb Archives ), Submitted by Ronald J. Sortor〕 *Bryant is a named locality at the junction of Sawmill and Ford roads on the Bryant Creek (a tributary of the South Branch Pine River) at . *Cheviers is a named locality approximately one mile northwest of Glennie at . *Curtisville is an unincorporated community at the junction of Curtisville Road and Bamfield Road at . The name is based on the township, which was named for the first settler, E.D. Curtis. A post office named "Curtis" operated briefly, from June 14 until August 23, 1881, with James Simons as postmaster. The office reopened as "Curtisville" on December 29, 1897, with cattle dealer Joseph Bell as postmaster. The office was discontinued on August 14, 1909, reestablished on June 3, 1910, and closed on February 15, 1955.〔 *Glennie is an unincorporated community at the junction of Bamfield/Glennie Road and M-65 at . The ZIP code for Glennie is 48737 and includes the eastern two-thirds of Curtis Township, as well as portions of Mitchell Township, Alcona County, Michigan, Millen Township, and Mikado Township in Alcona County, as well as a portions of Oscoda Township and Plainfield Township in Iosco County.〔(48737 5-Digit ZCTA, 487 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder ), U.S. Census Bureau〕 A depot on the Detroit and Mackinac Railway known as "Glennie Station" and a post office of the same name was established on October 5, 1889, with Ella Deacon as the postmaster. The name was shortened to "Glennie" on October 2, 1894. A plat for the settlement was not officially recorded until 1940.〔 *Kurtz is a named locality approximately four miles east of Glennie on the boundary with Mikado Township near Kurtz Creek (a tributary of the South Branch Pine River) at Kurtz was a logging camp by a railroad siding founded by Hugo Kurtz circa 1900. A post office opened July 31, 1909, with Samuel P. Hertzler as postmaster, and continued until April 30, 1911.〔〔, N.B., Romig gives March 31, 1911 as the date the post office closed.〕 *Wallace is a named locality about a mile north of Bryant at the junction of Aldritch and Ford roads on the Wallace Creek (a tributary of the South Branch Pine River) at . *South Branch is to the south, and the South Branch ZIP code 48761 also serves a portion of western Curtis Township.〔(48761 5-Digit ZCTA, 487 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder ), U.S. Census Bureau〕 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「Curtis Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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