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About Grand Traverse County
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 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.
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At a glance
Grand Traverse County at a glance
- County seat
- Traverse City
- Population
- 95,238 (2020)
- Land area
- 601 sq mi
- Founded
- 1851
Communities
Largest communities in Grand Traverse County
- Garfield Township19,499
- Traverse City county seat15,678
- East Bay Township11,589
- Long Lake Township9,956
- Blair Township8,994
History of Grand Traverse County
Prior to European settlement, Grand Traverse County was part of lands roamed by the Anishinaabe Council of Three Fires (comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi) tribes. The Anishinaabe call the area at the head of Grand Traverse Bay kitchiwikwedongsing (Ojibwe: 'place at the head of the great bay'). As a duty of the federal government under the 1836 Treaty of Washington, the first permanent settlement in the county was the mission now known as Old Mission, established in May 1839 as "Grand Traverse". "Grand Traverse Bay" comes from la grande traversée, or "the long crossing", named by the 18th-century French voyageurs who crossed the mouth of bay. The Michigan Legislature separated the unorganized Omeena County from part of Michilimackinac County in 1840.
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