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

National Register listings: 18

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.