Stronach is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a 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 counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Stronach Township,

Manistee County Manistee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 25,032. The county seat is Manistee. The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. Th ...

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

, United States. Its population was 170 as of the 2020 census. The community is located at the southeast end of

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 before ...

History

Stronach was first called "Paggeotville" and was renamed when John and

Adam Stronach Adam Stronach was an English Christian missionary A Christian mission is an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, ...

built a sawmill in 1841. A post office opened August 9, 1866, and was discontinued on December 21, 1893. Other sources indicate the post office operated until March 31, 1954, or until December 21, 1983. The area is now served by the Manistee post office with ZIP code 49660.ZIP Code Lookup
United States Post Office

Geography

Stronach is in southwestern Manistee County, in the western part of Stronach Township. The

Little Manistee River The Little Manistee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 tributary of the Manistee River in Michigan. It rises in the southeast corner of Ellswort ...

runs along the southern edge of the community and flows into Manistee Lake, which is on the western edge of the community. According to the

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, the Stronach CDP has an area of , all of it land.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in Manistee County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Census-designated places in Manistee County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan {{ManisteeCountyMI-geo-stub