Bitely, Michigan

Bitely (sometimes spelled Biteley) is an unincorporated community within Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is within Lilley Township about one mile west of M-37 in the Manistee National Forest. It is near Bitely Lake, Lamoreaux Lake, Isaac Lake and several smaller lakes.

It was a station on the Chicago & Western Michigan Railroad (later the Pere Marquette, then the Chesapeake and Ohio, now Marquette Rail) in 1889, and given a post office on September 13, 1889, with Archer D. Martin as its first postmaster. It was named for Steven Bitely, who built a sawmill here, but the post office was initially spelled as Biteley.cite book | last = Romig | first = Walter | authorlink=Walter Romig | year = 1986 | title = Michigan Place Names | origyear= 1973 | publisher = Wayne State University Press | location = Detroit, Michigan | id = ISBN 0-8143-1838-X]

Bitely is at coord|43|44|49|N|85|51|42|W|region:US-MI_type:city_scale:30000_source:GNIS. [gnis|1619222] The Bitely ZIP code is 49309, and also serves all of Lilley Township, as well as most of Troy Township to the west and Home Township to the east, and portions of Beaver Township to the southwest, Merrill Township to the south, Monroe Township to the southeast, Pleasant Plains Township to the north, and Yates Township to the northeast. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US49309&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en 49309 5-Digit ZCTA, 493 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder] , U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census]

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