Town file
Arcadia Township, Michigan
Arcadia Township, Michigan (Manistee County, Michigan) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 575, "Lady In The Water" (27 February 2025). Florence Stern was born in 1966 and grew up in Huntington Woods, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.
- Town
- Arcadia Township
- County
- Manistee County
- State
- Michigan
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 575
- Approximate location
- 44.493, -86.237
Episode 575 / 27 February 2025 / 174 min / full
Lady In The Water
"This is Arcadia Township, Michigan, in Manistee County, area code 231, on the lake in northwestern Michigan and not the UP." about 0:06:15
The case: Murder of Florence 'Flo' Unger (October 2003). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 524
- Median age
- 60
- Median household income
- $74,167 a year
- Median home value
- $249,500
- Two-bedroom rent
- $940 a month
- Cost of living
- 78 out of 100
- Religious
- 40.4%
- Property crime
- ▼ about one third below
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half
History, in brief
- They organised a township in 1870 and then founded the village of Arcadia in 1880, with the village inside the township. about 0:07:34
- The early history is dominated by Henry Stark, a Milwaukeean who established a lumber mill, made a lot of money and also established a church. about 0:07:47
- It was a big lumber town through the early 1900s. about 0:07:59
- In 1906 Henry Stark's lumber mill burned to the ground. about 0:08:02
- The mill was replaced by the Arcadia Furniture Factory. about 0:08:24
The reviews read out
4.8 stars
"4.8 stars from 85 reviews."about 0:09:19
5 stars
"Mary Jean: love this place, old school cool at its finest, charming cottages and a beautiful setting; do the Mount Baldy hike and walk back along the water."about 0:09:26
1 star
"Rick: the owners are not friendly."about 0:10:19
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Green Bay, Wisconsin86 miles
- Nunica, Michigan98 miles
- Manistique, Michigan101 miles
- Mio, Michigan104 miles
- Onaway, Michigan115 miles
- Grafton, Wisconsin118 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.