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

National Register listings: 13

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.