Kilmanagh, Michigan
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Kilmanagh is an unincorporated community in Huron County
Huron County, Michigan
-Highways:* M-19* M-25* M-53* M-142-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 36,079 people, 14,597 households, and 10,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 43 people per square mile . There were 20,430 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The community is situated at 43°45′22"N 83°21′25"W. at the corners of four townships:
  • Brookfield Township
    Brookfield Township, Huron County, Michigan
    Brookfield Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 914.-Communities:* The village of Owendale is within the township....

     (northwest corner)
  • Sebewaing Township
    Sebewaing Township, Michigan
    Sebewaing Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,944 at the 2000 census. It was organized in 1853.- Communities :* The Village of Sebewaing is within the township....

     (northeast corner)
  • Fairhaven Township
    Fairhaven Township, Michigan
    Fairhaven Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,259 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...

     (southeast corner)
  • Winsor Township
    Winsor Township, Michigan
    Winsor Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,044 at the 2000 census.-Communities:* The Village of Pigeon is within the township....

    (southwest corner)


Kilmanagh was first called Thompson's Corners, for Francis Thompson, an Irish homesteader who arrived in 1861. The name Kilmanagh was first used to describe the nearby Shebeon Creek, which would overflow each spring. A post office named Kilmanagh operated from February 1873 until June 1904.
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