State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Brimley State Park

Local History

This village on the Waska River was given a station on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad in 1872.  It was platted in 1887 and given a post office named Superior on May 2, 1888, with George Hodge as its first postmaster.  It was renamed Brimley on March 6, 1896, for an office of the postal department. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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