unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
Michigan
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Traverse City Area Public Schools
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. The same year, the name was shortened to Grawn, and given a post office with William H. Gibbs as the first postmaster. By 1905, potatoes had become the main crop of Grawn.
In December 1995, a fire broke out at Carl's Tire Retreading Company in Grawn. The fire burned for 20 days, and led to the evacuation of locals and of Blair Elementary School. In 2003,
PFAS
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was found at the site and in local wells as a result of chemicals used to extinguish the fire.
The community of Grawn was listed as a newly-organized
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Major highways
* runs west–east at this portion of its route through the center of the community.
Demographics
Education
It is within
Traverse City Area Public Schools
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