Jennings is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Missaukee County Missaukee County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 15,052. The county seat is Lake City. Missaukee County is part of the Cadillac, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county i ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The population was 229 at the 2020 census, down from 264 in

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. The CDP is located mostly in Lake Township with a small portion extending north into Caldwell Township.

History

Jennings was a lumbering center founded by Austin and William Mitchell, who named it for

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. A post office opened on March 8, 1883, with J. Frank Schryer as the first postmaster. The office was discontinued on July 31, 1956. Jennings was a terminus of the Missaukee spur of the

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, with a junction on the main line named Round Lake. The community of Jennings was listed as a newly-organized

for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.

Geography

Jennings is in western Missaukee County, bordered to the east by Crooked Lake. It is by road west of Lake City, the

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, and northeast of

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. According to the

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, the Jennings CDP has an area of , all land. The census-designated place is defined as being within

Caldwell Caldwell may refer to: People * Caldwell (surname) * Caldwell (given name) * Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada Places Great Britain * Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet * Caldwell, East ...

and

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townships. All 264 residents and of land were within Lake Township, while no residents and of land are within Caldwell Township to the north.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in Missaukee County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Census-designated places in Missaukee County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan Populated places established in 1885 1885 establishments in Michigan {{MissaukeeCountyMI-geo-stub