Map of Brethren CDP

Brethren is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Dickson Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 410 as of the 2010 census. The community is located in the Manistee National Forest roughly 15 miles (24 km) east of Manistee. Brethren has a post office with ZIP code 49619.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 3.152 square miles (8.16 km), of which 3.117 square miles (8.07 km) is land and 0.035 square miles (0.091 km) is water.

Brethren was founded in 1900 by Samuel S. Thorpe as a colony of the German Baptist Brethren Church. A post office was established in 1901 with Thorpe as the first postmaster. The Pere Marquette Railway established a station here in 1901.

Brethren CDP overview:
Name:	Brethren CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Manistee County
Elevation:	722 ft (220 m)
Total Area:	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km²)
Land Area:	1.28 sq mi (3.31 km²)
Water Area:	0.04 sq mi (0.09 km²)
Total Population:	331
Population Density:	258.80/sq mi (99.94/km²)
ZIP code:	49619
Area code:	231
FIPS code:	2610300
GNISfeature ID:	621929

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Brethren online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.