{"id":4851,"date":"2023-06-29T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4851"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:12","slug":"schoolcraft-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/schoolcraft-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolcraft County, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schoolcraft County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the shore of Lake Michigan in the eastern Upper Peninsula. It had a population of 8,047 at the 2020 census and covers 1,884 square miles (4,880 km2), of which 1,171 square miles (3,030 km2) is land, centred near 46°01′N 86°11′W.<\/p>\n

Manistique is the county seat and its postal code is 49854. The county has one incorporated city, eight civil townships, and a scatter of unincorporated communities and lakeshore subdivisions. Schoolcraft County lies in the Eastern time zone and carries FIPS code 26153.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Schoolcraft County<\/h2>\n

Manistique is the county’s only incorporated city; every other place on the list below is an unincorporated community, hamlet, or lakeshore subdivision governed as part of one of the eight townships. Several of the smaller lakeshore names cluster around Indian Lake, just west of Manistique.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Manistique<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,828<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blaney Junction<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nInwood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blaney Park<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nInwood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cooks<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nInwood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49817<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copenhagen Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creighton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cusino<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49883<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elkhorn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evergreen Shores<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germfask<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nGermfask<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49836<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gulliver<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nDoyle<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiawatha<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nHiawatha<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lavender Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michiwaukee Shores<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minor Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ossawinamakee Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkington<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pines<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richardsons Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seney<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSeney<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49883<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Springer<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steuben<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nMueller<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunset Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thompson<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nThompson<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walsh<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several of the county’s beach subdivisions — Copenhagen Beach, Evergreen Shores, Harrison Beach, Michiwaukee Shores, Minor Beach, Ossawinamakee Beach, and Sunset Beach — sit along the shore of Indian Lake, a few miles west of Manistique, and share its 49854 postal service rather than having a separate post office.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Schoolcraft County has eight civil townships. Individually published 2020 township population totals were not available at the time of writing, so the table below lists townships alphabetically rather than by size and omits unverified population figures.<\/p>\n

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Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Doyle<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nGulliver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germfask<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nGermfask<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiawatha<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHiawatha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inwood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCooks, Blaney Park, Blaney Junction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manistique<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nsurrounds the city of Manistique<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mueller<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSteuben<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seney<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSeney, Seney National Wildlife Refuge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thompson<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nThompson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n