Wellston, MI

Wellston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Norman Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. The 2020 census counted 254 residents. The community is in the Manistee National Forest just south of M-55, about 21 miles east of Manistee and about 29 miles west of Cadillac. Wellston was named for its first postmaster, Adelmer J. Wellston's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Wellston's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Wellston is in southeastern Manistee County, near the center of Norman Township. Two small lakes, Crystal Lake and Cranberry Lake, are within the CDP. Wellston is home to critically ill children's ministry Little Mary's Hospitality House.