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Sagola Township is a civil township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,169 at the 2000 census. ==Communities== There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. There are a few small unincorporated communities. *Channing is on M-95 about north of Iron Mountain at . It began as a railroad junction called "Ford Siding". In 1892, a post office was established named Channing, after John Parke Channing, a mining engineer who surveyed the area. The post office continues to serve ZIP code 49815. *Floodwood is on M-95 about five miles (8 km) north of Channing and two miles (3 km) south of the Marquette County boundary. It began as a lumber settlement on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad. A post office was in operation there from 1887 until 1905.〔 *Randville is on M-95 about north of Iron Mountain. It is just south of the junction with M-69 at . The mining settlement formed because of the nearby Groveland Mine. It was a station on the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad in 1880 and a post office was in operation there from 1891 until 1932.〔 *Sagola is on M-95 at the junction where M-69 branches off to the west. Crystal Falls is west on M-69. M-69 runs concurrently with M-95 south of town about six miles (10 km) to just north of Randville. Sagola is at . It was formed, when in about 1885, five Chicago men formed the Sagola Lumber Company to harvest pine timber in the area. The name was derived from the local Indian word for "welcome". A post office was first established there in 1889, and continues today to serve ZIP code 49881.〔 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「Sagola Township, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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