{{Short description|English Christian missionary in the U.S.}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2016}} '''Adam Stronach''' was an English Christian missionary who opened a settlement in Manistee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The settlement was first called "Paggeotville" and was renamed Stronach, when Stronach and his brother John built a sawmill in 1841.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-date= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref> David Stronach and his son Adam Stronach arrived to the area in a schooner through the Manistee River.
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