Elmwood Charter Township, Michigan
Elmwood Township is a charter township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,892 at the 2020 census, making it the largest township in Leelanau County by population. The southeasternmost township of Leelanau County, Elmwood Township is suburbanized, as it is immediately adjacent Traverse City, the largest city in Northern Michigan. History Elmwood Township was organized on December 21, 1863. In 1987, Elmwood Township was granted a charter, and converted from a civil township to a charter township, due largely to growth in and around Traverse City. In 1989, the city of Traverse City annexed the southeasternmost corner of the township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (35.08%) is water. Elmwood Township lies upon the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay. Part of Lake Leelanau is located within the far northwest of Elmwood Township. Adjacent municipalities By land * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charter Township
A charter township is a form of Local government in the United States, local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. While all townships in Michigan are organized governments, a charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediate between those of a Administrative divisions of Michigan#City, city (a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in Michigan) and a Administrative divisions of Michigan#Villages, village. Unless it is a home-rule village, a village is subject to the authority of any township in which it is located. Of Michigan's 1,240 townships, 139 are charter townships. A number of charter townships are among the most populous List of municipalities in Michigan, municipalities in Michigan. For example, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, Clinton Township and Canton, Michigan, Canton Township, both in Metro Detroit, were respectively the 8th and 9th most populous municipalities in Michi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Northern Michigan
Northern Michigan (also known as Northern Lower Michigan and colloquially within Michigan as "Up North") is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The region, which is distinct from the more northerly Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale, which are also located in the north of the state, is bounded to the west by Lake Michigan, and to the east by Lake Huron. The Upper Peninsula is accessible from the region via the Mackinac Bridge. While the region's southern boundary is not precisely defined, most definitions include the northernmost 21 counties of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula, which had a population of 506,658 people at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Its largest cities are Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City, Cadillac, Michigan, Cadillac, Alpena, Michigan, Alpena, Ludington, Michigan, Ludington, Manistee, Michigan, Manistee, and Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey. Like the Upper Peninsula, Northern Michigan is a popular tou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kalkaska, Michigan
Kalkaska ( ) is a Village (United States), village in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 2,132 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, an increase from 2,020 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Kalkaska is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area and is often considered a Commuter town, bedroom community of nearby Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City. The town is also renowned for hosting the National Trout Festival, with the first festivities being held in 1935. History The land on which Kalkaska sits has long been territory under the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi. In 1872, Albert A. Abbott arrived on the land set to become the village from his hometown of Decatur, Michigan, Decatur. The following year, on May 12, Abbott platted his land and became its first postmaster. In 1874, Kalkaska became a station on a new Pennsylvania Railroad line from Walton, Michigan, Walton to Petoskey, Michigan, Petoskey. Today, th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Grand Traverse County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,238, making it the largest county in Northern Michigan. Its county seat is Traverse City. The county is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area, which also includes neighboring Benzie, Kalkaska, and Leelanau counties. Long a part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi), 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 as Grand Traverse County. The county itself and Traverse City are named after Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. Interlochen Center for the Arts, a prestigious boarding school, is located within the county. History Prior to European settlement, Grand Traverse County was part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manistee, Michigan
Manistee ( ') is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in southwestern Manistee County, it is part of the northwestern Lower Peninsula. Manistee is the county seat of Manistee County, and its population was 6,259 at the 2020 census. This makes Manistee the fifth-largest city in Northern Michigan. Manistee is located on an isthmus between Manistee Lake and Lake Michigan, with the Manistee River bisecting the city as it flows west to the latter. Manistee is located along US 31, one of the major trunkline highways of the state. Etymology The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. The derivation is not certain, but it may be from ''ministigweyaa'', "river with islands at its mouth". Other sources claim that it was an Ojibwe term meaning "spirit of the woods". History In 1751, a Jesuit mission was established in Manistee. Missionaries visited Manistee in the early 19th century, and a Jesuit mission house is k ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that of Lake Huron through the wide and deep Straits of Mackinac, giving it the same surface elevation as its eastern counterpart; hydrologically, the two bodies are Lake Michigan–Huron, a single lake that is, by area, the largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the United States; the other four are shared between the U.S. and Canada. It is the world's List of lakes by area, largest lake, by area, located fully in one country, and is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Ports along its shores include Chicago, Illinois, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peninsula Township, Michigan
Peninsula Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township had a population of 6,068 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, an increase from 5,433 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Peninsula Township is coterminous with the Old Mission Peninsula, which projects about north from its base in Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City into Grand Traverse Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. The peninsula divides the Grand Traverse Bay into an East Arm and West Arm. The peninsula is well known for its Cherry production in Michigan, cherry harvest and viticulture, and is included in the Old Mission Peninsula AVA, a American Viticultural Area, federally recognized viticultural region. At the northern tip of the peninsula is Mission Point Light, which lies just south of the 45th parallel north. Also included within Peninsula Township is Power Island, a small island in the West Arm of Grand Trav ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Centerville Township, Michigan
Centerville Township is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,243 at the 2020 census. The township is bounded to the east by Lake Leelanau. History Centerville Township was organized in 1862 as one of Leelanau County's first five townships. Communities * Bodus is a ghost town at . * Good Harbor is a ghost town in the northwest of the township. * Isadore is an unincorporated community in the southern part of the township at . It was established when Polish immigrants arrived from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in about 1870, and settled into farming in the area. The first Roman Catholic Church, called "Holy Rosary", was built in 1883 and a parochial school the following year. Originally called "Four Corners", the name was changed to honor Saint Isadore, the patron saint of farmers. A post office was established on July 27, 1892, and operated until May 15, 1912. A new Catholic school was built in 1905, and the current Holy Rosary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bingham Township, Leelanau County, Michigan
Bingham Township ( ) is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,577. The township is named for Kinsley S. Bingham, a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Michigan. History Bingham Township was created in 1864 from part of Centerville Township. Communities *Bingham () is an unincorporated community within Bingham Township. A post office was established in the area in 1878, and a sawmill built in 1881. The post office at Bingham closed in 1908. In 1903, an extension of the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad was extended from Traverse City via Bingham and Suttons Bay to Northport, although it was removed in 1996, and was replaced by the Leelanau Trail, a recreational rail trail. *Keswick () is a ghost town within Bingham Township. Named for Keswick, New Brunswick, Canada, Keswick was established with a rural post office operating from 1889 to 1910. Geography According to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Solon Township, Leelanau County, Michigan
Solon Township ( ) is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,562 at the 2020 census. Solon Township is home to the community of Cedar. History Solon Township was organized in October 1871. Communities * Cedar is a small unincorporated community at at the corners of sections five, six, seven and eight. It was founded in approximately 1885 by lumberman Benjamin Boughey. He named it Cedar City because it was in a cedar forest. The depot on the Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad continued to be known as Cedar City, long after the post office named simply Cedar was established on August 15, 1893. The Cedar post office, with ZIP code 49621, serves most of Solon Township as well as a large part of Centerville Township to the north, and smaller portions of Cleveland Township to the northwest, Kasson Township to the west, and Elmwood Township to the east. In 1905, the Cedar State Bank was begun, which survived the Great Depressi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Long Lake Township, Michigan
Long Lake Township, officially the Charter Township of Long Lake, is a charter township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,956 at the 2020 census, an increase from 8,662 at the 2010 census. Long Lake Township is one of three charter townships in Grand Traverse County, the others being East Bay Township and neighboring Garfield Township. Long Lake, from which the township takes its name, is the largest lake entirely within Grand Traverse County. Much of Long Lake Township is suburban due to its proximity to Traverse City. History The Long Lake township area was initially settled in 1862 when Ira Chase and his brother-in-law Eliphalet Fillmore traveled from Whitewater township to Grand Traverse County to select land. The next few years saw the gradual influx of families who cleared forested areas to establish farms. An annual cycle of farming in the summer, logging in the winter, and maple sugaring in the spring began. The end of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Garfield Township, officially the Charter Township of Garfield, is a charter township of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the township had a total population of 19,499. Garfield Township is the largest municipality in Northern Michigan, Northern Lower Michigan by population. Much of the township is suburban, due to its proximity to Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City. It is one of four charter townships in the Traverse City metropolitan area; the others being Elmwood Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, Elmwood Township in Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County, and East Bay Township, Michigan, East Bay and Long Lake Township, Michigan, Long Lake townships in Grand Traverse County. History The first two townships of Grand Traverse County were organized in 1853; the Old Mission Peninsula was assigned to Peninsula Township, Michigan, Peninsula Township, with its presen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |