Killmaster, Michigan

Gustin Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 795 at the 2010 census.CommunitiesGustin is a tiny unincorporated community at. Gustin was a station on the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad in 1886. A post office opened on June 6, 1891, with Adelbert J. Wood as postmaster. The office was discontinued on October 15, 1910. Gustin is named after the late William Gustin Vandiford of York, who lived from 1851-1894. Vandiford was a coal minor in north eastern Michigan and a local hero.Lincoln is a village situated on the boundary between Gustin and Hawes Township and is approximately evenly divided between them.Killmaster is a tiny unincorporated community at. Originally a lumbering town, little remains other than a cluster of several houses at Mill and Fourth and Fifth streets. It was named after lumberman John H. Killmaster who operated a local sawmill (on "Sawmill" Street which exists today). On December 15, 1885, he became the first postmaster, and the post office remained in operation until February 28, 1911. Killmaster is memorialized at the nearby Lumberman's Monument.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.8sqmi, of which 35.7sqmi is land and 0.2sqmi, or 0.44%, is water.