Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== State of Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory For 1856 - 1857 MANISTEE COUNTY A new and unorganized county, situated north west on the lower peninsula, and is bounded north by Grand Traverse county, east by Wexford, and south by Lake and Mason counties, and west by Lake Michigan. It is drained by Manistee and M'Moosic rivers, flowing into Lake Michigan, its western boundary. County seat Manistee. It contains six hundred and fifty square miles. MANISTEE. A post office in Manistee county, 125 miles north west from Lansing. Luther G. Smith, postmaster. ==========================================================================