Germfask Township, Michigan
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The name was derived from the surname initials of eight of the original settlers of 1881: John Grant, Matthew Edge, William Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs.[2] The community was a station on the Manistique Railway and was given a post office on February 26, 1890.[3]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (7.26%) is water.
Communities
- Germfask is an unincorporated community located in the northern part of the township where the Manistique River crosses M-77 on the eastern edge of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge at Template:Coord.[4] The Germfask 49836 ZIP Code serves most of the township.
References
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