Nessen City

History

Nessen City was established as a station on the newly-constructed Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad in 1889. The same year, the community was platted by John and Edith Nessen. The community of Nessen City was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

Geography

Nessen City is located along the southern border of Colfax Township in southeastern Benzie County. The southern border of the CDP is along the Manistee County line. The center of the community is at the intersection of Lindy Road and Karlin Road (north)/Nessen Road (south). The community is east of the village of Thompsonville and northeast of the village of Copemish. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,410
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,737
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,720
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,347
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,306
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,147
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,974
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,760

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-08-02
  38 km ESE of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin