Kilmanagh, Michigan

Kilmanagh is an unincorporated community in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is situated at coord|43|45|22|N|83|21|25|W|. [gnis|629666|Kilmanagh, Michigan] at the corners of four townships:
* Brookfield Township (northwest corner)
* Sebewaing Township (northeast corner)
* Fairhaven Township (southeast corner)
* Winsor 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.cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | authorlink=Walter Romig | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | origyear= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | id = ISBN 0-8143-1838-X]

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