Brethren, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Brethren, Michigan

| settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| image_skyline = Brethren.jpg

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| image_caption = Brethren post office

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| pushpin_map = Michigan#USA

| pushpin_label = Brethren

| pushpin_label_position = left

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Michigan}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Manistee

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Dickson

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_26.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 9, 2023}}

| area_total_km2 = 3.40

| area_land_km2 = 3.31

| area_water_km2 = 0.09

| area_total_sq_mi = 1.31

| area_land_sq_mi = 1.28

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.04

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2610300&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Brethren CDP, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=August 9, 2023}}

| population_total = 331

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| population_density_km2 = 99.94

| population_density_sq_mi = 258.80

| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

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| elevation_ft = 722

| coordinates = {{coord|44|18|16|N|86|01|08|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 49619

| area_code = 231

| blank_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank_info = 621929{{cite gnis|621929|Brethren}}

| blank1_name = FIPS code

| blank1_info = 26-10300

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Brethren is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Dickson Township, Manistee County, and is in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The community had a population of 331 at the 2020 census, down from 410 in 2010. The community is located in the Manistee National Forest, {{convert|18|mi}} northeast of Manistee. Brethren has a post office with ZIP code 49619.{{cite web |author=United States Postal Service |title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code |url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action |access-date=May 6, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code |url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm |access-date=May 6, 2018 |publisher=United States Postal Service |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm |url-status=dead }}