Skeels, Michigan | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
Pushpin Label: | Skeels |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 44.09°N -84.5867°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gladwin |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 1001 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 48624 (Gladwin) |
Area Code: | 989 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 638050 |
Skeels is an unincorporated community in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Sherman Township along a curve in M-18. As an unincorporated community, Skeels has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
A post office called Skeels was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1920.[1] Simeon Skeels, an early postmaster and local merchant, gave the community his last name.[2]