| Official Name: | Brutus, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Brutus |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Emmet |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maple River |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1874 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.32 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.31 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.82 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.82 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 202 |
| Population Density Km2: | 27.62 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 71.56 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 207 |
| Coordinates: | 45.4933°N -84.7811°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49716 |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-11380 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 622148 |
Brutus is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 218.[2] Brutus is located within Maple River Township.
It was established with the building of an inn called the Brutus House in 1874.[3]
Brutus is located in eastern Emmet County, near the center of Maple River Township. US Highway 31 passes through the center of Brutus, leading north 4miles to Pellston and south to Alanson. Petoskey, the Emmet County seat, is southbound on US 31.
The community of Brutus was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[4]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brutus CDP has a total area of 7.3sqkm, of which 5985order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.08%, is water.[2]
In much of the CDP, the school district is Alanson Public Schools. In northern parts, the district is Pellston Public Schools.[5]