Place:Germfask, Schoolcraft, Michigan, United States

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NameGermfask
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates46.233°N 85.917°W
Located inSchoolcraft, Michigan, United States
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Germfask Township is a civil township of Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 486 at the 2010 census.

The name was derived from the surname initials of eight of the original settlers of 1881: John Grant, Matthew Edge, George Robinson, Thaddeus Mead, Dr. W. W. French, Ezekiel Ackley, Oscar (O.D.) Sheppard, and Hezekiah Knaggs. The community was a station on the Manistique Railway and was given a post office on February 26, 1890.

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