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Welcome to Manistee ...

So far, we found very little information about Manistee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Manistee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Manistee, please Contact Us.

Manistee would have been located within present day Grant Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manistee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Manistee is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Manistee was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Manistee was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Manistee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Manistee - they are located in Alabama and Michigan (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manistee.

Communities near Manistee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manistee.

  • Alexandria
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pineville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ball
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <5>
  • Jena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <5>
  • Pollock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dry Prong
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Tullos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Creola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Creola is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Creola has also been known as:
    • Creola village
  • Bentley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Manistee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manistee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manistee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manistee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manistee. See our Newspapers Page for Manistee.

Adding Manistee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Manistee in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Manistee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Manistee post office opened in 1906. The Manistee post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manistee.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Manistee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Manistee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Manistee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Manistee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/