Mancelona Township, Michigan

Mancelona Township ( ) is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,311 at the 2020 census.

Communities

Antrim is a former company town on US Route 131 approximately one mile southwest of Mancelona at . In the 1940 census it had 610 residents. It was not delineated in the 1950 census. John Otis & Company built a charcoal furnace in 1882. In 1883, E.K. Robinson platted and recorded the village with the name "Furnaceville" for Mr. Otis. Its station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was named "Furnace". The village and depot were renamed Antrim after the Otis interests were bought by the Antrim Iron Company. Many of the settlers in this area were relocated from Kentucky to work in the local iron smelting plant.
Lakes of the North is partially located within Mancelona Township. For statistical purposes, Lakes of the North is defined as a census-designated place and had population of 925 at the 2010 census. The northern portion of the community extends into Star Township.
Mancelona is located within the township at the junction of US 131 and M-88 and M-66. The Mancelona ZIP Code, 49659, serves most of the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.35%, is water.

As of the census