Gentian, Michigan
Gentian is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Sands Township. As an unincorporated community, Gentian has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
History
Gentian was named from the fringed gentian flowers growing near the town site.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gentian, Michigan
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 75.
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