Skeels, Michigan

Skeels is an unincorporated community in Gladwin [County, Michigan|Gladwin County] in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Sherman [Township, Gladwin County, Michigan|Sherman Township] along a curve in M-18. As an unincorporated community, Skeels has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.

History

A post office called Skeels was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1920. Simeon Skeels, an early postmaster and local merchant, gave the community his last name.