Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Founding: 1851 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Grand Traverse Bay
Seat: Traverse City (1851–)

Land area: 464 square miles

Population (2020): 95,238

Population (historic): 1,286 (1860); 8,422 (1880); 20,479 (1900); 20,011 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; two villages; three CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,253 (11.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,402
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,320
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,725
Average farm size (1920): 66 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, New York, Canada, Ohio, Indiana, and Germany
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Traverse City

Namesake: Grand Traverse Bay

Founding: circa 1847 (founding); 1852 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 14,674

Population (historic): 1,897 (1880); 9,407 (1900); 12,539 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1960; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,553 (33.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Pulcipher Farm (1883). 7710 US Highway 31. Acme. Italianate.
2. School (c. 1890). 6912 State Route 113. Fife Lake. Eastlake.
3. House (c. 1870). 921 West 11th Street. Garfield. Italianate.
4. Fife Lake School (1882). 5020 Fife Lake Road. Union. Eastlake.

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