Manistee, Alabama

Manistee is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama, United States.^[1] Manistee was a logging town, and was home to the Manistee Mill Company, Bear Creek Mill Company and Runyan-Burgoyne Lumber Company. The Manistee Mill Company built a spur track to connect the sawmills of Manistee with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Repton and named it the Manistee & Repton Railway. The railway began operations in 1907 and remained in use until the 1970s, operating over 45 miles (72 km) of track.^[2] Amasa Coleman Lee, father of Harper Lee, served as financial manager for a Monroeville law firm's interests in the Manistee & Repton Railway.^[3] A post office was operated in Manistee from 1892 to 1912.^[4]

Manistee, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°26′28″N 87°29′40″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Monroe
Elevation	167 ft (51 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	251
GNIS feature ID	156652[1]

Notable person

• Syd Herlong, a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1949 to 1967.^[5]