Manistee County, Michigan

Founding: 1855 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Manistee River
Seat: Manistee (1855–)

Land area: 542 square miles

Population (2020): 25,032

Population (historic): 975 (1860); 12,532 (1880); 27,856 (1900); 17,409 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city; five villages; seven CDPs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,071 (19.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $939
Average outbuilding value (1930): $878
Number of farms (1920): 1,499
Average farm size (1920): 56.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio
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Manistee

Namesake: The Manistee River

Founding: 1849 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1882 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,259

Population (historic): 3,343 (1870); 12,812 (1890); 12,381 (1910); 8,078 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1849–1900; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,500 (41%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Elihu Filer House (1876). 2600 Filer City Road. Filer. Gothic Revival.
2. House (1889). 1825 Maple Road. Filer. Queen Anne.
3. Camp Tosebo Clubhouse (1914). 7228 Miller Road. Onekama. Eastlake.

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