List of communities in Grand Traverse County

Below is a list of places in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. This list includes cities, villages, townships, CDPs, unincorporated communities, and ghost towns.[1]

City

City Townships 2010 Pop.
Traverse City Garfield, East Bay,

Peninsula

14,674

Villages

Village Township 2010 Pop.
Fife Lake Fife Lake 443
Kingsley Paradise 1,480

Former Villages

[2]

Former Village Now
Acme Unincorporated Community
Blackwood (Grawn) CDP
Duck Lake Park Ghost Town
East Bay Unincorporated Community
Interlochen CDP
Kratochvil's Plat Ghost Town
Lakeside Resort Ghost Town
Neahtawanta Unincorporated Community
Old Mission Unincorporated Community
Peninsula Resort Ghost Town
Summit City Unincorporated Community
Walton Unincorporated Community
Williamsburg Unincorporated Community
Wylie Ghost Town

Townships

Charter Townships

Township 2010 Pop.
East Bay 10,663
Garfield 16,256

Civil Townships

Township 2010 Pop.
Acme 4,375
Blair 8,209
Fife Lake 2,791
Grant 1,066
Green Lake 5,784
Long Lake 8,662
Mayfield 1,550
Paradise 4,713
Peninsula 5,433
Union 403
Whitewater 2,597

Former Names

Former Township Current Township
Blair Township Green Lake Township
Karlin Township Grant Township
Nessen Township Grant Township
Rennie Township Union Township
Silver Lake Township Blair Township
Traverse Township Garfield Township
Viola Township Long Lake Township
Walton Township Fife Lake Township
Whitewater Township Acme Township

CDPs

CDP Township 2010 Pop.
Chums Corner Blair 946
Forest Lakes East Bay/Union ?
Grawn Blair 772
Holiday Hills Acme ?
Interlochen Green Lake 583

Unincorporated Communities

Community Township(s)
Acme Acme
Bates Acme
Bass Lake Long Lake
Bartlett Mayfield
Cedar Run Long Lake
Cranbrook Blair
Duck Lake Park Green Lake
East Bay East Bay
Hannah Mayfield
Harris Garfield/Long Lake
Hickory Hills Garfield
Karlin Grant
Linwood Long Lake
Lynchmiller Mayfield
Mapleton Peninsula
Mayfield Paradise
Monroe Center Blair/Green Lake
Morgan Garfield
Neahtawanta Peninsula
Ogdensburg Peninsula
Old Mission Peninsula
Peninsula Resort Green Lake
Rahe Mayfield
Rosina Beach Whitewater
Skegemog Point Whitewater
Summit City Paradise
Swainston Paradise
Tin Can Corner Union
Traverse Heights Garfield
Walton Fife Lake
Williamsburg Whitewater
Yuba Acme

Ghost Towns

Ghost Town Township
6.44 Garfield
Archie Long Lake
Angell Whitewater
Alone Fife Lake
Ayling Acme
Bainbrydge Long Lake
Bastrop Paradise
Beitner Blair
Bowers Harbor Peninsula
Cayton Grant
Colesville Union
Diamond Park Green Lake
Francis Whitewater
Friend Long Lake
Hardwood Acres Long Lake
Harrand Mayfield
Hodge Fife Lake
Kratochvil's Plat Garfield
Kensington Blair
Keystone Blair
Lakeside Resort Green Lake
Lost Lake Green Lake
Luna East Bay
Mabel Whitewater
Magician Heights Mayfield
Medina East Bay
Minch Mayfield
Mineralia Grant
Monaco East Bay
Mylo Grant
Nichols Long Lake
Noua Țara Românească

(New Romanian Country)

Green Lake
Old Mission Point Peninsula
Onota Blair
Palaestrum Whitewater
Palisade Paradise
Peninsula Resort Green Lake
Petobego Acme
Phantom Lights Peninsula
Plymouth Highlands Union
Power Island Peninsula
Ransom Garfield
Swaziland Peninsula
Traverse Point Peninsula
Truax Whitewater
Tunk Whitewater
Twin Mountains Grant
Walton Junction Fife Lake
Westminster Paradise
Wylie Green Lake
Yuba Beach Acme
Zip Mayfield

Former Names

Former Name Current Name
Ruthardt's Siding Cedar Run
Blackwood Grawn
Rosina Mabel
Beulah Mayfield
Grand Traverse Old Mission
Jack's Landing Tin Can Corner
Elmwood Traverse City
Grand Traverse City Traverse City
Wequetong Traverse City
Dunbar Williamsburg
Williamsburgh Williamsburg

Former Towns

Former Town Currently Part of
Boardman Traverse City
Kids Creek Village Traverse City
Wequetong Traverse City
Kingsley City Kingsley
Judson Kingsley
Paradise[3] Kingsley
North Fife Lake Fife Lake
Fyfe Layne[4] Fife Lake
Turnbuckle Acme
Deronda Chums Corner

Future

It has been proposed that Grawn, Interlochen, and Kingsley be upgraded from CDPs and villages to villages and cities. This hasn't happened yet, but it could in the near future.

See also

References

  1. Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names.
  2. LLC., Historic Map Works. "Grand Traverse County 1908 Michigan Historical Atlas". www.historicmapworks.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  3. www.byte-productions.com, This site produced and maintained by Byte Productions. "History - Village of Kingsley, Michigan". www.villageofkingsley.com. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. http://www.fifelake.com. "Welcome to Fife Lake History". www.fifelake.com. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
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