Manchester is a

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 ...

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, United States. It is located north of

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at an elevation of . The population was 159 at the 2020 census, down from 195 in 2010.

History

The Manchester post office opened in 1871, closed in 1876, and reopened in 1877. The place was named after

Manchester, England Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, an early settler's former home.

Geography

Manchester is in southwestern Mendocino County along

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and inland from the

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. Route 1 leads north to Mendocino and south through Point Arena, to

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. According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of , all of it land. It is bordered to the west by Manchester State Park.

Climate

The region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the

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system, Manchester has a

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, abbreviated ''Csb'' on climate maps.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Manchester had a population of 159. The population density was . The racial makeup of Manchester was 101 (63.5%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 4 (2.5%) Native American, 1 (0.6%) Asian, 1 (0.6%)

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, 13 (8.2%) from other races, and 39 (24.5%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 44 persons (27.7%). The whole population lived in households. There were 67 households, out of which 14 (20.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 27 (40.3%) were married-couple households, 8 (11.9%) were

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couple households, 26 (38.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 6 (9.0%) had a male householder with no partner present. 21 households (31.3%) were one person, and 8 (11.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.37. There were 37

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(55.2% of all households). The age distribution was 34 people (21.4%) under the age of 18, 10 people (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 37 people (23.3%) aged 25 to 44, 40 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 38 people (23.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 43.5years. There were 83 males and 76 females. There were 88 housing units at an average density of , of which 67 (76.1%) were occupied. Of these, 55 (82.1%) were owner-occupied, and 12 (17.9%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Manchester is in , and . Federally, Manchester is in .

References

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