THE MANISTEE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Manistee-Leelanau Shore setting.
Manistee township has 44.4 square miles of land in Manistee County. Its Census reference point is in Manistee-Leelanau Shore, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Manistee and Manistee County
Manistee is associated with Manistee County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Manistee by land and water
The Census records 3.81 square miles of water within Manistee, or 7.9% of its total area. It is 49.7 percentage points lower than the 57.7% recorded for Manistee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Manistee township has 28.7 times the land area of nearby Parkdale CDP (1.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

