 brown township is a civil township of manistee county in the u.s. state of michigan. as of the 2000 census, the township population was 712. it was organized in 1855. == communities == * brown was settled in 1860. when it got a post office in 1871 it was named up river but the name was changed to brown a month later. the post office closed in 1874.walter romig, michigan place names, p. 81 * chief was an unincorporated community that had a post office beginning in 1881. it was located to the east of chief lake.walter romig, michigan place names, p. 114 * conger had a post office from 1876 until 1889.walter romig, michigan place names, p. 129 * norwalk is an unincorporated community in the northwest of the township at . a post office o
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