Branch, Michigan

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Branch is an unincorporated community located on the boundary between Mason County and Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community shares its name with Branch Township in Mason County, but also lies partially within Sweetwater Township in Lake County.

It is situated on U.S. Route 10 at 43°56′45″N, 86°02′21″W, just north of the Pere Marquette River within the Manistee National Forest. The ZIP code is 49402.

The community was founded in the early 1870s, first as a lumbermen's community, later becoming a station on the Pere Marquette Railroad.