Filer City, MI

Filer City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Filer Charter Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. The 2020 census counted 136 residents. The community is located on Manistee Lake just south of Manistee. The post office opened March 10, 1868, was discontinued on April 12, 1871, and reopened on July 13, 1883. That mix gives Filer City a clear local shape within Michigan, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Filer City is in southwestern Manistee County, in the northeast part of Filer Charter Township. Filer City is bordered to the west by the community of Oak Hill and to the north and east by Manistee Lake.