Manistee Lake is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of

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. At the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 465. Manistee Lake is located within Coldsprings Township to the north and a small portion extending south into Excelsior Township.

History

The community of Manistee Lake was listed as a newly-organized

for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time. The CDP is organized for statistical purposes only and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality.

Geography

According to the

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, the Manistee Lake CDP has an area of , of which is land and (27.93%) is water. The community surrounds

Manistee Lake Manistee Lake is a water body adjacent to the city of Manistee, Michigan. Its primary inlet, as well as its outlet, is the Manistee River, flowing to Lake Michigan. The tributary Little Manistee River enters the southeast end of the lake befor ...

. The majority of the community and population is located within Coldsprings Township, which contains of total area. A smaller portion extends to the south in Excelsior Township.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in Kalkaska County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Census-designated places in Kalkaska County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan Traverse City metropolitan area {{KalkaskaCountyMI-geo-stub