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Grand Traverse County
Michigan Genealogy Trails Website

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County Information
Grand Traverse County was organized by an act of the state legislature on April 7, 1851.
Grand Traverse County was originally known as Omeena County, set off and founded in 1840 from Michilimackinac County.
The county seat was Wequetong, an Indian Camp on the west arm of the Grand Traverse Bay,  and was annexed to present-day Grand Traverse County. Later, Wequetong was renamed Traverse City, and made the county seat.


City
Traverse City (county seat, partially in Leelanau County)

Villages
Fife Lake ~ Kingsley

Census-designated places
Chums Corner ~ Forest Lakes ~ Grand Traverse Commons ~ Grawn ~ Holiday Hills ~ Interlochen

Unincorporated Communities
Acme ~ Angel ~ Bates ~ Brookside ~ Cedar Run ~ Devils Elbow ~ East Bay ~ Fivemile Corner ~ Hannah ~ Hilltop ~ Interlochen Corner
Karlin ~ Jacks Landing ~ Mapleton ~ Mayfield ~ McManus Corner ~ Monroe Center ~ Munro ~ Neahtawanta ~ Neal ~ Old Mission
Palaestrum ~ Pavlovic Corner ~ Slights ~ Skegemog Point ~ Summit City ~ Walton ~ Williamsburg ~ Wexford Corner ~ Yuba

Ghost Towns
Archie ~ Bass Lake ~ Bartlett ~ Hodge ~ Keystone ~ Mabel
Old Mission Point ~ Ransom ~ Walton Junction ~ Wylie