What is the population of Onekama, Michigan?

Onekama has a population of approximately 305 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Onekama, Michigan located?

Onekama is located in Michigan, United States, at approximate coordinates 44.3656°, -86.2021°.

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Onekama

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Onekama

Total population

305

Founded

1845

Elevation185 m

Land area1.51 km²

Coordinates44.37°, -86.20°

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City facts

Founded

1845

Elevation

185 m

Area

1.51 km²

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Overview

Onekama is a village in Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 399 at the 2020 census. The village is located on the northeast shore of Portage Lake and is surrounded by Onekama Township. The town's name is derived from Ona-ga-maa, an Anishinaabe word which means "singing water".

History & geography

History

The predecessor of the village of Onekama was the settlement of Portage at Portage Point, first established in 1845, at the western end of Portage Lake, at the outlet of Portage Creek. In 1871, when landowners around the land-locked lake became exasperated with the practices of the Portage Sawmill, they took the solution into their own hands and dug a channel through the narrow isthmus, opening a waterway that lowered the lake by and brought it to the same level as Lake Michigan. When this action dried out Portage Creek on May 14, 1871, the settlement, which had only the week before been designated as "Onekama" with a post office under that name, moved to the previously submerged land at the northeastern shore of the lake near an earlier settlement called "Brookfield". In 1880, the first public buildings were built in the new village. These included the Pierce gristmill and the Gibert brothers' sawmill. In 1882, the first school was built next to the present-day Congregational church. In 1883, a large summer hotel, the Glen House, was built near the Glen, with its three mineral springs that were believed to have medicinal value. The village was incorporated in 1891 and included the earlier settlement known as Brookfield, creating a long narrow village about long, with the business section on the flat, former lake bottom and residences on the higher land. In 1889, a branch of the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad was extended to the village. On April 27, 2024, a massive hail storm passed directly through the town causing severe damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and landscape. Most of the buildings within the town were severely damaged, having sustained broken windows, busted vinyl siding, dented steel roofs and siding, and roofs being damaged beyond repair.…

Geography

Onekama is in western Manistee County, northeast of Manistee, the county seat, and south of Arcadia. Lake Michigan is to the west beyond the outlet of Portage Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village of Onekama has a total area of , all land. The M-22 highway runs through downtown Onekama.

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