Munising, MI
MUNISING (place name)
Source:
1. Means “Great Bay” MHC, Vol. 8, p. 159
2. (Typescript.) History of Michigan Post Offices.
Munising. Alger Co. (late Schoolcraft)
Established December 22, 1865
William A. Cox, 1st. P.M.
Discontinued April 10, 1873
Alvin W. Canfield, 1st. P.M.
Discontinued May 16, 1883
Re-established January 22, 1884
Merit A. Sizer, 1st. P.M.
Name changed to Gogarnville, October 23, 1889 – disc. July 7, 1893
Name changed from Floeter to Munising, October 23, 1889
Name changed from Munising to Wetmore, December 2, 1895
Munising re-established January 4, 1896
Arthur S. Nestor, 1st. P.m.
Wood, Frances. Michigan Place names (typescript) 1954.
Munising-Alger Co. It is an Indian name meaning
“Place of the Big Island”, referring to Grand Island.
