Camp Lake, Indian Lakes and Division Avenue
The west edge off Division Avenue: Camp Lake, about 134 acres with a public boating access site, the two Indian Lakes to the north, and the township's Camp Lake Park on Warbler Drive with its play area, shelter and sledding hill. About 370 homes by the 2020 count on roughly 2.7 square miles, many on small lakefront lots where summer cottages have become year-round houses. Sparta 49345 addresses and Sparta Area Schools throughout, and this is the area the township's Camp Lake sewer system serves. The Census block group covering this area and the High Lake side puts owner values near $331,000, with a margin of about $49,000 either way, and a typical home from 1990.
High Lake, Algoma Highlands and the Township Hall
The middle of the west side, from High Lake (about 17 acres) and the smaller Whit, Wallace and Low lakes over to the Township Hall and the Algoma Sports Park at Algoma Avenue and 13 Mile Road, with three ball fields, a soccer field and a walking path just over half a mile long. Algoma Highlands, Eaglewood, Aspen Meadow and Tebeau Drive are among the streets. About 530 homes on about 7.6 square miles, all in Sparta Area Schools, though roughly 140 of them, the hall included, carry a Rockford 49341 address. Owner values and age follow the same block group as Camp Lake.
Fonger Street, Pine Island Drive and Lake Gerald
The southwest quarter between 10 Mile Road and the Rogue River: Chalmers Park at Fonger and Pine Island with its ball fields and the old fire station museum, Lake Gerald, Booth Bay, Cedar Pines and White Trillium streets, and the river frontage the township maps for its Rogue River water trail. About 590 homes. The mix of addresses is the widest in the township, roughly 220 Sparta 49345, 190 Rockford 49341 and 180 Comstock Park 49321, and the school line splits it too, about 340 homes in Sparta Area Schools and 260 in Rockford. Owners here put values near $453,000, more than in any other Algoma block group, and the typical home dates from 1996.
Edgerton Avenue, Saddle Ridge and Rivers Edge Park
The south middle along Edgerton and Algoma avenues: Saddle Ridge, Four Seasons, Prasada and Rogue Wood, Rockford Public Schools' Edgerton Trails Elementary at 9605 Edgerton Avenue, opened in 2024, and Rivers Edge Park on the Rogue north of 12 Mile with river trails and a fenced dog park. The township's Edgerton fire station sits just north of 13 Mile. About 670 homes in 2020, nearly all Rockford 49341 and about 540 in Rockford Public Schools. The Census survey counts about 1,050 homes here, every one detached, a sign of recent building, though that margin is wide. Owner values near $411,000, typical home from 1997.
Wolven Ridge, Veld Creek and the 10 Mile corridor
The southeast corner where Algoma meets the City of Rockford: Wolven Ridge, Hopewell, Lapham, Prestonwood and the Veld Creek streets, with the Meijer store on 10 Mile Road. About 580 homes inside the township, all Rockford 49341 and Rockford Public Schools, and the Census block group runs past the city line to take in about 265 more. It is the newest and most varied housing in Algoma, with a typical home from 2011, and besides detached houses the block group counts about 100 attached homes and the township's only buildings of ten or more units. Owner values near $451,000 on that combined area. The City of Rockford supplies water and sewer to much of this corner.
Summit Avenue, Trestle Park and Serenity Lake
East of US-131 between the Rogue River and 13 Mile Road: Trestle Park on Summit Avenue, where the White Pine Trail crosses an old stone trestle and a connector path reaches the trail, small Serenity Lake (about 15 acres) and the Rogues Edge and River Run streets near the water. About 330 homes, Rockford 49341 and Rockford Public Schools. The block group shared with the next area puts owner values near $260,000, the lowest in the township, with a typical home from 1988 and about 190 mobile or manufactured homes in its count.
13 Mile Road, Northland Drive and Summit Forest
The east strip between US-131 and the Courtland line around 13 and 14 Mile roads: Summit Forest, Wierengo's Way, Porter Hollow and a cluster of streets named for planets and constellations, Saturn, Pluto, Gemini and Orion among them, with Northland Drive's businesses along the east edge. About 550 homes, almost all Rockford 49341 and Rockford Public Schools, with a few dozen on the north end in Cedar Springs schools. Census figures are shared with the Summit Avenue block group.
Indian Meadows, Hoskins Lake and Cedar Creek
The north middle, where Cedar Creek and Little Cedar Creek wind south toward the Rogue: Indian Meadows, Crystal Ridge, Hoskins Lake and acreage homes along Indian Lakes Road and Algoma Avenue up to 16 Mile. About 240 homes on roughly four square miles. Addresses split between Sparta 49345 and Cedar Springs 49319, and about two in three homes are in Cedar Springs Public Schools, the rest in Sparta. The block group covering the north end puts owner values near $323,000 and the typical home in 1986, and every home in its survey count is owner lived.
Evergreen Farms, Russell Ridge and the 14 Mile exit
The northeast quarter, the township's main farm country according to its master plan, from the US-131 exit at 14 Mile Road up to 16 Mile and Northland Drive, across the intersection from Cedar Springs Middle School. Evergreen Farms, Russell Ridge and Tyler Way are among the subdivisions. About 515 homes, all in Cedar Springs Public Schools, most with Cedar Springs 49319 addresses and about 100 with Sparta 49345. Owner values and age follow the same north block group as Indian Meadows.
