Arcadia 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
Arcadia Township,
Manistee County,
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
, United States. Its population was 309 as of the
2020 census. But in the 2024 census it was 125. The community is located along
M-22 and the
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...
shore. Arcadia has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 49613.
Geography
Arcadia is in northwestern Manistee County and is bordered to the west by
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...
and to the south by
Arcadia Lake, connected to the larger lake by an artificial channel. Arcadia Lake is connected to one of Michigan's only natural Marshes the "Arcadia Marsh"; which has Bowens creek running through it. Arcadia Marsh is a Nature preserve and is a large part of Arcadia's natural ecosystem Highway
M-22 passes through the community, leading north to
Elberta and south the same distance to
Onekama.
Manistee, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
, is to the south.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the Arcadia CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
In 2022 its
poverty rate
Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse was 10.7%, its median household income was $77500, and its median property value was $247200. In 2022 its
citizenship
Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state.
Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term ''citizenship'' to refer to nationalit ...
was at 98.7%.
Famous residents
Aviator
Harriet Quimby was born in Arcadia.
References
Unincorporated communities in Manistee County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Census-designated places in Manistee County, Michigan
Census-designated places in Michigan
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