Grand Traverse County ( ) is a

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located in the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,238, making it the largest county in Northern Michigan. Its

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is Traverse City. The county is part of the Traverse City micropolitan area, which also includes neighboring Benzie, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties. Long a part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (comprising the

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, and

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), Grand Traverse County's first European settlement was established in 1839. It was originally created in 1840 as Omeena County, however it was reorganized in 1851 was Grand Traverse County. The county itself and Traverse City are named after Grand Traverse Bay, a

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, a prestigious

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, is located within the county. NorthernMichiganAsylumCTraverseCityMI

History

Early history

As a duty of the federal government under the Treaty of Washington (1836), the first permanent settlement in the county was the mission now known as Old Mission, established in May 1839. In 1840, the county was separated from

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and originally named Omeena County, derived from an

expression, "''o-me-nah''", meaning "is it so?" Grand Traverse County was organized by an act of the state legislature on April 7, 1851, from most but not all of Omeena County. Grand Traverse is derived from a French phrase meaning "long crossing" and the county is so named because it is situated at the Grand Traverse Bay. The 1851 act contained no provisions for organizing a township or choosing inspectors of election, thus it was impossible to organize the county. So the sparsely settled county remained without a legal government. In the winter of 1858 an act of the state legislature completed the organization of Grand Traverse County, extended the boundary so as to make it coincident with the original unorganized County of Omeena, and divided the county between two initial townships: * Peninsula Township, comprising the Old Mission Peninsula, and * Traverse Township, which encompassed the rest of the county. Today, Grand Traverse County contains 13 townships.

Historical markers

There are 12 recognized Michigan historical markers in the county: They are: * City Opera House * Congregation Beth El * Fife Lake Union District No. 1 Schoolhouse * Grand Traverse Bay * Grand Traverse County Courthouse * Hesler Log House * Interlochen * Ladies Library Association * Novotny's Saloon * Park Place Hotel * Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital
Friends of the Light
(the former Traverse City Friends Church)

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (23%) is water. Grand Traverse County is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. The highest point in Grand Traverse County is Exodus Hill in Long Lake Township, and the lowest point is the Grand Traverse Bay.

Power Island Power Island is a medium-sized island in Lake Michigan, and it is by far the largest island in Grand Traverse Bay. It is under the jurisdiction of Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. A small island sits a few meters to the nort ...

, the largest island in Grand Traverse Bay, is part of Peninsula Township. The county is home to many notable lakes, including Arbutus Lake, Fife Lake, Green Lake, Silver Lake, Spider Lake, and part of Elk Lake. The county's largest inland lake is Long Lake.

Rivers

* Betsie River, begins at Green Lake (although its tributaries extend much further into the county), flows west into Benzie County, and eventually to

at Frankfort. * Boardman River, enters from the east from Kalkaska County, flows west and north until reaching West Bay in Traverse City. * Platte River, begins at Long Lake and flows west to Lake DuBonnet and into Benzie County, eventually ending at Lake Michigan.

Adjacent counties

* Antrim County (northeast) * Kalkaska County (east) * Missaukee County (southeast) * Wexford County (south) * Manistee County (southwest) * Benzie County (west) * Leelanau County (northwest)

Protected area

Pere Marquette State Forest The Pere Marquette State Forest encompasses lands in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, on the western side of the state. Counties within the Pere Marquette are: Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, ...

State parks

* Interlochen State Park * Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park *

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Transportation

Air service

Grand Traverse County is served comercially by

Cherry Capital Airport Cherry Capital Airport is a public use airport located southeast of the central business district of Traverse City in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.. Federal Aviation Ad ...

, which is located near Traverse City. It serves the 21-county Northern Michigan area, and has year-round and seasonal destinations around the

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. In 2019, Cherry Capital Airport had the fourth-most enplanements of any airport in Michigan, behind Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Grand Rapids' Gerald R. Ford International Airport, and Flint's Bishop International Airport. Other airparks in the county include: * Acme Skyport * Green Lake Airport * Tramps Aerodrome *

Yuba Airport Yuba Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) south of the central business district of Elk Rapids, Michigan. Facilities ...

Formerly, there was an airport on the south side of Traverse City called Ransom Field. This was located on Rennie Hill. This airport closed sometime in the 1930s.

Major highways

The county contains about , about 1.07% of the Michigan State Trunkline Highway System. These highways include the ones listed below. * runs through the county southwest to northeast. It provides access to cities to the north (like Charlevoix and Petoskey) and southwest (like Ludington and Muskegon). The highway runs all the way to Spanish Fort, Alabama, to the south and runs through major cities like

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, Louisville,

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, and

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. * runs through the far southeastern part of the county, entirely within Fife Lake Township. The highway provides access to Kalkaska and Petoskey to the north, and cities like

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and

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to the south. The southern end is at the Indiana Toll Road just across the state line. * is the shortest highway segment within the county. It begins at an intersection in Traverse City, and runs northwest along the Grand Traverse Bay towards the county line. It then continues in Leelanau County up towards Northport and then runs southwesterly towards

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, Frankfort, and Manistee. * is the longest highway in the county. It runs from a cul-de-sac at

Old Mission Point Peninsula Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 6,068, up from 5,433 at the 2010 census. The township is coterminous with the Old Mission Peninsu ...

southerly to Traverse City and through Buckley. The highway then continues down through the state to Baldwin, Grand Rapids,

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, and

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. * runs east-to-west in the county from northern Long Lake Township to near Williamsburg. The highway provides access to

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and central Leelanau County to the west, and Kalkaska, Grayling, and Harrisville on the

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shore to the east. * runs through the southern portion of the county, connecting M-37 to US 131 while passing through

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and Walton. * was a state highway that connected US 31 near Interlochen with

and Interlochen State Park. However, this highway was decommissioned in 2020. * is a short highway providing a direct route from M-113 to US 131 and Fife Lake.

Demographics

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 77,654 people, 30,396 households, and 20,730 families residing in the county. The

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was . There were 34,842 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 96.51%

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, 0.40%

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, 0.93% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03%

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, 0.54% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 1.49% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. 25.1% were of

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, 11.3%

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, 10.7% Irish, 8.4%

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and 7.4% Polish ancestry, 96.4% spoke

and 1.6% Spanish as their first language. There were 30,396 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were

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living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.40% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males. The median income for a household in the county was $43,169, and the median income for a family was $51,211. Males had a median income of $34,796 versus $24,139 for females. The

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for the county was $22,111. About 3.80% of families and 5.90% of the population were below the

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, including 5.30% of those under age 18 and 5.90% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

Grand Traverse County is part of the

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. It is also located in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan.

Politics

Historically, Grand Traverse County has been a Republican-leaning county; it has voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election since the

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, except for four:

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1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

, 1936, and 1964. In the last decade, the county has become more politically competitive; though Democratic candidates have not carried the county since 1964, their margins of defeat have narrowed in recent elections. Traverse City leans Democratic while the rest of the county leans Republican. In the 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer received 27,396 votes (52.38%), making it the first time a Democratic gubernatorial candidate has carried the county since

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. In the 2020 presidential election,

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carried the county, despite losing the state of Michigan. In 2020, he won the county with 50.54% (30,502 votes), and in 2016, won with 52.73% (27,413 votes). In 2008, Republican candidate

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received 24,716 votes in the county (50.60% of the total) to Democratic candidate

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's 23,258 (47.62%), even as Obama carried the state of Michigan by a double-digit margin. McCain's margin of victory was narrower than usual for a Republican candidate in the county. In 2004, Republican president George W. Bush received 27,446 votes in the county (59.42%) to Democrat

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's 18,256 (39.52%). In 2000, Bush received 22,358 votes in the county (58.48%) to Democrat

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's 14,371 (37.59%).

Government

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains

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, administers

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regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Elected officials

* Prosecuting Attorney: Noelle Moeggenberg *

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: Tom Bensley * County Clerk: Bonnie Scheele *

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: Heidi Scheppe *

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: Peggy Haines * Drain Commissioner: Andy Smits

County commission

*District 1: Betsy Coffia *District 2: Bryce Hundley *District 3: Brad Jewett *District 4: Penny Morris *District 5: Ron Clous (vice chair) *District 6: Darryl Nelson *District 7: Rob Hentschel (chair)

Law enforcement agencies

County

* Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Department

City

* Traverse City Police Department

Fire departments

* Blair Township Fire Department * Fife Lake Springfield Fire Department * Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department * Green Lake Township Emergency Services * Long Lake Fire-Rescue * Paradise Emergency Services * Peninsula Township Fire Department * City Of Traverse City Fire Department * Whitewater Township Fire Department

Education

Primary and secondary

Grand Traverse County contains the portions of the following public school districts, all of which are overseen by Northwest Educational Services: * Benzie Central Schools (BCS) serves the extreme southwestern corner of the county. * Buckley Community School District (BCSD) serves the southwest of the county. * Elk Rapids Schools (ERS) serves the northeasternmost areas of the county. * Forest Area Community Schools (FACS) serves the southeast of the county, focused on the village of Fife Lake. * Kingsley Area Schools (KAS) serves the south–center of the county, focused on the village of

. * Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) serves most of the county, centered on Traverse City. The district contains two high schools, Traverse City Central and Traverse City West. The county is also home to many smaller charter and private schools, most notably those that are a part of Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools.

Tertiary

Grand Traverse County is home to Northwestern Michigan College, a public

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in Traverse City.

Economy

According to the Grand Traverse Economic Development Corporation, the largest employers in Grand Traverse County, as of 2017, are:

Communities

City

* Traverse City (county seat, partially in Leelanau County)

Villages

* Fife Lake *

Charter townships

* East Bay Township * Garfield Township * Long Lake Township

Civil townships

* Acme Township * Blair Township * Fife Lake Township * Grant Township * Green Lake Township * Mayfield Township * Paradise Township * Peninsula Township * Union Township * Whitewater Township

Census-designated places

* Chums Corner * Grawn * Interlochen

Other unincorporated communities

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* Brookside * Cedar Run * Fivemile Corner * Hannah * Karlin * Mapleton * Mayfield * Monroe Center * Neahtawanta * Old Mission * Summit City * Walton * Williamsburg * Wexford Corner * Yuba

Ghost towns

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* Bartlett * Beitner * Devils Elbow *

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* Duck Lake Park * East Bay * Hodge * Keystone * Kratochvil's Plat * Lakeside Resort * Mabel * McManus Corner * Moffatt * Munro * Neal * Pavlovic Corner * Peninsula Resort * Slights * Skegemog Point * Traverse Point *

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* Wylie

Indian reservation

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians ( oj, Gichi-wiikwedong Odaawaag miina ojibweg) is a federally recognized Native American tribe located in northwest Michigan on the Leelanau Peninsula. Sam McClellan is the current tribal ...

References

External links

Grand Traverse County Website

Grand Traverse County Amateur Radio Public Service Corps Website
* {{Coord, 44.73, -85.55, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-MI_source:UScensus1990 Michigan counties Traverse City micropolitan area Populated places established in 1851 1851 establishments in Michigan

History

Early history

Historical markers

Geography

Rivers

Adjacent counties

Protected area

State parks

Transportation

Air service

Major highways

Demographics

2000 census

Religion

Politics

Government

Elected officials

County commission

Law enforcement agencies

County

City

Fire departments

Education

Primary and secondary

Tertiary

Economy

Communities

City

Villages

Charter townships

Civil townships

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated communities

Ghost towns

Indian reservation

See also

References

External links