| Alger, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Alger |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Arenac |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Moffatt |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1883 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 784 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48610 |
| Area Code: | 989 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 619941 |
Alger is an unincorporated community in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] The community is located within Moffatt Township. As an unincorporated community, Alger has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 48610 ZIP Code.[2]
Alger was established in 1883 as a station at the junction between the Michigan Central and Detroit, Bay City & Alpena railroads.[3] A post office opened in the settlement on March 7, 1884. The settlement was platted in 1884 by John Stoughton Newberry and Russell A. Alger, the latter the namesake of the community and later the 20th Governor of Michigan.[4]
Alger is located in the northwest of Arenac County, in Moffatt Township. The community is located in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.