{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Stronach, Michigan |settlement_type = Census-designated place |nickname = |motto =
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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 49660 (Manistee) |area_code = 231 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 1621796<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1621796|Stronach}}</ref> |blank1_name = FIPS code |blank1_info = 26-76820 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Stronach''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stronach Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 170 as of the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/> The community is located at the southeast end of Manistee Lake.
==History== Stronach was first called "Paggeotville" and was renamed when John and Adam Stronach built a sawmill in 1841.<ref name="Romig">{{cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | orig-year= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | isbn = 0-8143-1838-X}}</ref> A post office opened August 9, 1866, and was discontinued on December 21, 1893.<ref>{{gnis|2499320|Stronach Post Office (historical)}}</ref> Other sources indicate the post office operated until March 31, 1954,<ref name="Romig" /> or until December 21, 1983.<ref>[http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt006.cfm Postmaster Finder], Post Offices by County, United States Post Office</ref> The area is now served by the Manistee post office with ZIP code 49660.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US49660&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en ZCTA Reference Map for 49660] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042928/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US49660&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en |date=2020-02-12 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref><ref>[http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp ZIP Code Lookup], United States Post Office</ref>
==Geography== Stronach is in southwestern Manistee County, in the western part of Stronach Township. The Little Manistee River runs along the southern edge of the community and flows into Manistee Lake, which is on the western edge of the community.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Stronach CDP has an area of {{convert|0.348|mi2}}, all of it land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2010= 162 |2020= 170 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Manistee County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Manistee County, Michigan Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan Category:Census-designated places in Manistee County, Michigan Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
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