Germfask Township is a civil township of Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 469 in 2020. 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. The community was a station on the Manistique Railway and was given a post office on February 26, 1890.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 71.63 sqmi, of which 66.43 sqmi is land and 5.20 sqmi (7.26%) is water.

Communities