A number of places in the United States were named in his honor, including Gainesvilles in Florida, Texas, and Georgia; Gaines Township in Michigan; and Gainesboro in Tennessee.
He named it after General Edmund P. Gaines, an acquaintance of his noted for his service in the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Black Hawk War.
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In 2000, the Township started its own one officer police department with the assistance of the Michigan State Police Department.
The fourth tower was removed in 2004 after new transmitting facilities were completed in Gaines Township, southwest of Flint.
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