Back مقاطعة غراند ترافيرس (ميشيغان) Arabic Grand Traverse County, Michigan BAR Гранд Травърс (окръг, Мичиган) Bulgarian গ্রান্ড ট্রাভার্স কাউন্টি, মিশিগান BPY Grand Traverse Gông (Michigan) CDO Grand Traverse County CEB Grand Traverse County Czech Grand Traverse County, Michigan Welsh Grand Traverse County German Kantono Grand Traverse Esperanto
Grand Traverse County | |
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| Nickname: "GTC" | |
&lang=en&file=File:Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Grand_Traverse_County.svg) Location within the U.S. state of Michigan | |
&lang=en&file=File:Michigan_in_United_States.svg) Michigan's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 44°44′N 85°33′W / 44.73°N 85.55°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| Founded | 1840 1851 (organized)[1] |
| Named for | Grand Traverse Bay |
| Seat | Traverse City |
| Largest city | Traverse City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 601 sq mi (1,560 km2) |
| • Land | 464 sq mi (1,200 km2) |
| • Water | 137 sq mi (350 km2) 23% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 95,238 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 96,421  |
| • Density | 205/sq mi (79/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Website | www |
Grand Traverse County (/ˈtrævərz/ TRAV-ərz) 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.[2] Its county seat is Traverse City.[3] 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.[4] It was originally created in 1840 as Omeena County,[5][6] 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.
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clarkewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Norton, Mike (April 15, 2014). "Exploring the Past in Historic Traverse City".
- ^ "Chapter VIII: County of Omeena Laid Off - Grand Traverse County Organized - Organization Completed - County Officers - Acts of Supervisors - County Buildings - Going to Mackinac to Vote - First Term of Court - Bench and Bar - Organization of Towns - Agriculture Society - Railroad - School Matters". The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive with Illustrations of Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Chicago: H. R. Page & Co. 1884. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Genealogy Trails Transcription Team.
- ^ George Dawson (1840). Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1840. Detroit. pp. 196–200.
- ^ "45th Parallel - Old Mission Point". www.mnmuseumofthems.org. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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