Casco Township

Communities
There are four unincorporated communities within the Township:^[4]

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• Adair is located in the northeast part of the township at 42°47′53″N 82°38′02″W / 42.79806°N 82.63389°W / 42.79806; -82.63389.^[5] The settlement of this location began circa 1840. It was a station on the Michigan Central Railway and was named by an English contractor who built the branch of the railway here.^[6]
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• Casco is an unincorporated community in the south central part of the township at 42°45′09″N 82°40′18″W / 42.75250°N 82.67167°W / 42.75250; -82.67167.^[7] The first white settlers began arriving in the area before 1840. The township was organized in 1849 and is believed to be named after Casco, Maine, by Captain John Clarke, a transplanted native of that state. A post office operated there from 1854 until 1907.^[6]
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• Muttonville is located on the eastern boundary of the township with adjacent Richmond in Macomb County at 42°47′47″N 82°44′07″W / 42.79639°N 82.73528°W / 42.79639; -82.73528.^[8] It was so named because it was the principal slaughterhouse for what was predominantly a sheep raising area.^[6]
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• Peters is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township at 42°44′40″N 82°37′54″W / 42.74444°N 82.63167°W / 42.74444; -82.63167.^[9] It was originally called "Petersburg" after an early settler, John Peters. Because there was another post office named Petersburg in Michigan, the post office here was named simply "Peters" and operated from 1891 until 1905.^[6]
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