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Traverse City Micropolitan Area
The Traverse City Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in Northern Michigan, anchored by the city of Traverse City. This area is commonly referred to as Northwestern Michigan or the Traverse Bay Area, after Grand Traverse Bay. The area consists of the counties of Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau. As of the 2020 census, the Traverse City metropolitan area had a population of 153,448. Nearly one in three residents of Northern Michigan (with a population of 506,658 in 2020) reside within the Traverse City metropolitan area. Grand Traverse County holds about 62% of the population of the metropolitan area, with a population of 95,238 in 2020. The area was first designated as a micropolitan statistical area in 2003, then promoted to metropolitan statistical area status in 2023. In 2020, the Traverse City micropolitan area was the sixth-largest by population in the United States. Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metropolitan area usually comprises multiple Principal city, principal cities, jurisdictions and Municipality, municipalities: Neighbourhood, neighborhoods, townships, boroughs, City, cities, towns, exurbs, suburbs, County, counties, districts and even State (polity), states and nations in areas like the eurodistricts. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions.In the United States, metropolitan areas are delineated around the Urban Area, core of a core based statistical area, which is defined as an urban area and includes central and outlying counties. In other countries metropolitan areas are sometimes anchored by one Core ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suttons Bay, Michigan
Suttons Bay is a village in Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population in the village reached 613 at the 2020 census. Located within Suttons Bay Township, Michigan, Suttons Bay Township, the community lies upon the shore of the eponymous Suttons Bay, a smaller inlet of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. History The community is named for one of the first settlers of European descent, Harry C. Sutton, who arrived in 1854. He arrived with a crew of woodsmen to supply fuel for passing wood steamboats. In 1903 the Traverse City, Leelanau, and Manistique Railroad began a route between Traverse City to the South and Northport to the North, stopping at Suttons Bay, as well as Hatch's Crossing, Fountain Point, Bingham, Keswick, and Omena. Before the turn of the 20th century, four churches had been established—two Lutheran, one Roman Catholic, and one Congregational. In 1920, Leelanau County voters approved moving the county se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northport, Michigan
Northport is a village in Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located near the northern tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, Northport is located within Leelanau Township, and lies on the shore of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Northport had a population of 496 at the 2020 census. The village is located about north of Traverse City, and is part of that city's metropolitan area. From 1863 to 1883, Northport served as the county seat of Leelanau County. History In 1848 Michigan suffered from a smallpox epidemic that affected the entire community of people. Chief Peter Waukazoo and Reverend George Smith moved the community as well as the Holland-area Ottawa Mission up to the Leelanau Peninsula on boats or canoes. When the settlers had reached their destination they called it Waukazooville. Deacon Joseph Dame arrived at Waukazooville in 1854 and decided to change the name to Northport at this time. Northport was the largest town in Leelanau County for qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ann, Michigan
Lake Ann is a village in northeastern Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of Almira Township, Lake Ann is situated west of Traverse City, and largely dependent upon that city. The population of Lake Ann was 273 at the 2020 census. History The first family to settle on Lake Ann was the family of Addison P. Wheelock, who name the lake after his wife. Lake Ann was organized in 1893, and incorporated in 1914. It was once a station on the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad, which has since been removed. The Lake Ann Camp, a Christian summer camp, was established just west of Lake Ann in 1948. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Lake Ann lies upon the northern shore of the lake of the same name. Lake Ann itself is a basin that lies along the Platte River, which flows west to Lake Michigan. Lake Ann contains no state trunkline highways, although Benzie County signs County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsley, Michigan
Kingsley () is a village in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,431 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Paradise Township and is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area. History The land Kingsley sits on today was originally owned by its founders, Judson Kingsley and Myron S. Brownson. In 1872, the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed between Cadillac and Traverse City. Kingsley built a station for the new railroad, which happened to run through his property. Kingsley also opened a post office, known as Kingsley Station. In 1876, Judson Kingsley platted Kingsley Station as a new village under the shortened name of Kingsley. In 1874, Brownson, a practicing medic from Steuben County, New York, bought land adjacent to that of Kingsley. In July 1882, Brownson platted his land into a new settlement he called Paradise. In 1893, the villages of Kingsley and Paradise united and incorporated under the name of Kingsley. Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor, Michigan
Honor is a village in Benzie County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 337 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Homestead Township on U.S. Highway 31 along the Platte River. The community has the name of Honor Griffin, the daughter of a first settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 328 people, 135 households, and 87 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 186 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 93.0% White, 0.3% African American, 2.4% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 135 households, of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female househo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fife Lake, Michigan
Fife Lake ( ) is a Village (United States), village in southeastern Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 456 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 443 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The village is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area, and lies upon the shore of the Fife Lake (Michigan), lake of the same name. History In 1872, J.L. Shaw and others platted two small settlements on a lake on the new Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. These were known as North Fife Lake and Fyfe Lake (a misspelling of Fife), which were on the north and west sides of Fife Lake (Michigan), Fife Lake, respectively. Later that year, Fife Lake Township, Michigan, Fife Lake Township was created. The first church in the village was established in 1884. In 1889, Fife Lake was incorporated as a village. The village annually hosts the Fife Lake Ice fishing, Ice Fishing Derby near the end of January. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire, Michigan
Empire is a Village (United States), village on Lake Michigan in the Northern Michigan, northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Located in southwestern Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County, its population was 362 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The village is located within Empire Township, Michigan, Empire Township, and is famous for its proximity to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Empire is home to the lakeshore's headquarters, the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center. History Empire was founded in 1851. It was incorporated as a village in 1895 with E. R. Dailey, the head of the Empire Lumber Company which was the main employer here, as the first president of the village. The city was named after the schooner "Empire", which was icebound in the city during a storm in 1865. The Empire Lumber Company operated from 1887 to 1917, dominating this once booming lumber town. George Aylsworth operated the first mill between 1873 and 1883. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elberta, Michigan
Elberta ( ) is a village in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. The population was 329 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located in Gilmore Township, Benzie County, Michigan, Gilmore Township, Elberta overlooks Lake Michigan and lies across Betsie Lake from Frankfort, Michigan, Frankfort. Elberta is part of Northern Michigan. History Elberta was first settled in 1855 and incorporated as South Frankfort in 1894. It was renamed Elberta in 1911 for the local Elberta peach. The village's founder is said to be George M. Cartwright. M-168 (Michigan highway), M-168, previously one of the shortest state highways in Michigan, extended from a junction with M-22 in downtown Elberta to the former Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976), Ann Arbor Railroad ferry docks in Elberta. This highway was decommissioned in 2012. Geography *According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The downtown is at . *Elberta is part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beulah, Michigan
Beulah ( ) is a Village (United States), village in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Benzie County, Michigan, Benzie County, and is located within Benzonia Township, Michigan, Benzonia Township. The village had a population of 313 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The village sits at the southeast end of Crystal Lake (Benzie County, Michigan), Crystal Lake, and is immediately north of the village of Benzonia, Michigan, Benzonia. History Beulah was founded in 1880 by Charles E. Bailey. Its name derives from Isaiah 62, Isaiah 62:4. The Beulah post office was established in 1892. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Beulah has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Beulah was on August 1, 2006, and July 3, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benzonia, Michigan
Benzonia ( ) is a village in Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 551 at the 2020 census, up from 497 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Benzonia Township at the southeast end of Crystal Lake on U.S. Highway 31 at the junction with M-115 west. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. History Benzonia began in 1858 as an educational Christian colony on the model of Oberlin, Ohio. Its founding was under the leadership of Charles E. Bailey. The village, which was once the county seat, was incorporated in 1891. In 1863 Grand Traverse College was chartered and began here. It was renamed Benzonia College in 1891. In 1900 the college was changed to a preparatory school named Benzonia Academy. The academy continued to function until 1918 when it was closed. In his book ''Waiting for the Morning Train'', historian Bruce Catton captured local history and documented his persp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
