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Grand Traverse County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- 1840, 1851 (organized)
- Named after
- Grand Traverse Bay
- Seat
- Traverse City
- Largest city
- Traverse City
- Total
- 601 sq mi (1,560 km )
- Land
- 464 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Water
- 137 sq mi (350 km ) 23%
- Estimate 2025
- 96,729
- Density
- 205/sq mi (79/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .gtcountymi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
~20 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Grand Traverse County (/ˈtrævərs/ TRAV-ərss) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,238, making it the most populous 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.
Historically part of the 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand Traverse County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.