Brethren, MI

Brethren is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 331 residents. The community is located within Dickson Township, Manistee County, and is in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The community is located in the Manistee National Forest, 18 miles northeast of Manistee. The through line in Brethren is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Brethren makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Brethren was founded in 1900 by Samuel S. Thorpe as a colony of the German Baptist Brethren Church. Boswell Creek forms the northern edge of the community, flowing west to the Manistee River.