Brethren was founded in 1900 by Samuel S. Thorpe as a colony of the German Baptist Brethren Church. A post office was established in 1901 with Thorpe as the first postmaster. The Pere Marquette Railway established a station here in 1901.[6]
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 1.31 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2) are land and 0.035 square miles (0.091 km2) are water.[1] Boswell Creek forms the northern edge of the community, flowing west to the Manistee River. Lake Eleanor and Center Lake are small water bodies on the east side of the community.
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