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.[3] 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.[4][5]

Brethren, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°18′16″N 86°01′08″W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Manistee
Area [1]
• Total	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km2)
• Land	1.28 sq mi (3.31 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	331
• Density	258.80/sq mi (99.94/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	49619
Area code	231
GNIS feature ID	621929[2]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 3.152 square miles (8.16 km²), of which 3.117 square miles (8.07 km²) is land and 0.035 square miles (0.091 km²) 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.[6]

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