Hand, Michigan

[jcole]

Thanks for the psychoanalysis, but still waiting for evidence of New Hudson [[or any of these communities).

How about this: the address for Lyon Twp on their website

58000 Grand River Avenue
New Hudson, MI 48165
Phone: 248-437-2240
Fax: 248-437-2336

http://www.lyontwp.org/

[Sandhouse]

There are any number of systems of place names, all with different standards. Mapmakers do anything they want to make their maps useful in guiding people to named places. Sadly, Disco is no longer on the Michigan state highway map just NW of Utica, but it lasted at least until 1988. But MDOT continues to show many unincorporated places like Epoufette and Felch to help drivers know where they are. Also New Hudson, just off I-96.
Many unofficial place names are railroad station names, used in railroad dispatching. Often these differ from the surrounding jurisdiction name. For example, East Lansing is Trowbridge on the railroad. Plymouth was Stark. Delray and Milwaukee Junction are well-known neighborhoods in Detroit, and are identified places on the railroad.