Germfask Township, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 46°14′49″N 85°56′22″W / 46.24694°N 85.93944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Schoolcraft |
Government | |
• Supervisor | Abby Burton |
• Clerk | Lynn Krupla |
Area | |
• Total | 71.63 sq mi (185.5 km2) |
• Land | 66.43 sq mi (172.1 km2) |
• Water | 5.20 sq mi (13.5 km2) |
Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
Population (
2010) | |
• Total | 486 |
• Density | 7.3/sq mi (2.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 49836 (Germfask) 49853 ( McMillan) |
Area code | 906 |
FIPS code | 26-31940 [1] |
GNIS feature ID | 1626347 [2] |
Germfask Township is a civil township of Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 469 in 2020. [3]
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. [4] The community was a station on the Manistique Railway and was given a post office on February 26, 1890. [5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 71.63 square miles (185.52 km2), of which 66.43 square miles (172.05 km2) is land and 5.20 square miles (13.47 km2) (7.26%) is water.
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