| Official Name: | Jennings, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Jennings |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Missaukee |
| Subdivision Type3: | Townships |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1885 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.97 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.97 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.76 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.76 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 229 |
| Population Density Km2: | 116.54 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 301.71 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1306 |
| Coordinates: | 44.3328°N -85.2981°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 49651 (Lake City) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 629259 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS Code |
| Blank1 Info: | 26-41720 |
Jennings is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 229 at the 2020 census,[2] down from 264 in 2010.[3] The CDP is located mostly in Lake Township with a small portion extending north into Caldwell Township.
Jennings was a lumbering center founded by Austin and William Mitchell, who named it for William Jennings Bryan. A post office opened on March 8, 1883, with J. Frank Schryer as the first postmaster. The office was discontinued on July 31, 1956. Jennings was a terminus of the Missaukee spur of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, with a junction on the main line named Round Lake.[4]
The community of Jennings was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.
Jennings is in western Missaukee County, bordered to the east by Crooked Lake. It is 7miles by road west of Lake City, the county seat, and 10miles northeast of Cadillac. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Jennings CDP has an area of 0.76sqmi, all land.[1]
The census-designated place is defined as being within Caldwell and Lake townships. All 264 residents and 0.67sqmi of land were within Lake Township, while no residents and 0.09sqmi of land are within Caldwell Township to the north.[5]