This Historical Marker is located across the Van Byren Road from the cemetery, between the church and the cemetery. The marker reads:

FRANKENHILF - In 1849 Pastor Ferdinard Sievers of Bay County purchased over fifteen hundred acres of virgin forest here in Tuscola County to establish a colony of immigrants from revolution-torn Germany. A year later two families under the leadership of Pastor Herman Kuehn settled in this area. They named their community Frankenhilf, combining Franconia, a district of Bavaria, and hilf meaning assistance. Despite severe hardships, the colony slowly grew and in 1851 organized St Michael's Lutheran Church. Vexed by the seemingly odd name of this fertile farm area, postal authorities referred to Frankenhilf as "Richville", which became the village's official name in 1862. St Michael's Lutheran Church, the nucleus of the early colony, still holds worship services in both English and German.

The St Michael's German Lutheran Church cemetery is located in the Village of Richville, formerly known as "Frankenhilf", on Van Buren Road, between Michigan Highway M-15 and Michigan Highway M-46 (Sanilac Road), in Denmark Township (Section 30), Tuscola County, Michigan

St Michael Lutheran Church and Cemetery; the cemetery is visible in the background. There is no other sign for the cemetery.

St Michael's Lutheran Cemetery with the Church in the background.