Cedar is a small unincorporated community in Solon Township, Leelanau County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Solon Township is a Civil township of Leelanau County in the U Leelanau County is a county in the US state of Michigan. It is part of the Traverse City Michigan Micropolitan Statistical Area A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It is at . The Leland River is navigable to Cedar. The Leland River is a short river in the US state of Michigan. The ZIP code is 49621. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS
Cedar, originally named Cedar City, had its beginnings when the Manistee and Northeastern Railroad came into the town in 1892. A mill was built for making barrel staves and hoops.
In 1905, the Cedar State Bank was begun, which survived the Great Depression in 1933, but was closed later in the decade. The bank building was later used for the offices of the Leelanau Telephone Company.
In 1958, when there was talk of moving the Leelanau County seat from Leland, Cedar was nominated to be the new county seat had a vote on the proposal come up. Leland is an Unincorporated community in the US state of Michigan.
Each year in July, Cedar is host to the annual Cedar Polka Festival, which began in 1975. Cedar is also the hometown of Ray Pleva, of Pleva's Meats, creator of Plevalean and cherry pecan sausage.