Place:Arcadia, Manistee, Michigan, United States

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NameArcadia
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates44.483°N 86.217°W
Located inManistee, Michigan, United States
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Arcadia Township is a civil township of Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 621.

The unincorporated community of Arcadia is located within the township on M-22 on the shore of Lake Michigan. Arcadia is at . The elevation is above sea level. The ZIP code is 49613.

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History

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European settlement in Arcadia dates to 1866, when Dr. W. L. Dempster, G. W. Boss, and H. Huntington settled on Bar Lake, so named because a large sandbar separates it from Lake Michigan (the lake is now called Arcadia Lake). The township was organized soon after, in 1870. The village of Arcadia was founded in 1880.

In 1882 another village was founded on Bar Lake called Burnhamville and centered around a lumber mill. It had its own post office until 1895.

Arcadia's early history was dominated by Henry Starke, a Milwaukeean who established a lucrative lumber mill. Starke also established Trinity Lutheran Church, Arcadia's most prominent structure and a Michigan state historic site. The town thrived as a lumber town through the early 1900s. In 1906 Starke's lumber mill burned to the ground and was replaced by the Arcadia Furniture Factory.

The town is the birthplace of Harriet Quimby, America's first female aviator. This is memorialized by a Michigan historical marker.

For a list of other Michigan historical markers in the area, see Manistee County, Michigan.

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