West Traverse Township, Michigan

Civil township in Michigan, United States

West Traverse Township, Michigan

Civil township

Location within Emmet County

West Traverse Township

Location within the state of Michigan

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West Traverse Township

West Traverse Township (the United States)

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Coordinates: 45°27′29″N 85°01′20″W﻿ / ﻿45.45806°N 85.02222°W﻿ / 45.45806; -85.02222
Country| United States
State| Michigan
County| Emmet
Established| 1897
Government

• Supervisor| Robert Sandford
• Clerk| Cindy Baiardi
Area

• Total

| 13.39 sq mi (34.7 km2)
• Land| 13.37 sq mi (34.6 km2)
• Water| 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation

| 945 ft (288 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 1,768
• Density| 130/sq mi (51/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)|

49740 (Harbor Springs)

Area code| 231
FIPS code| 26-86300[1]
GNIS feature ID| 1627252[2]

West Traverse Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,768 at the 2020 census.[3]

## Communities

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Harbor Point, circa 1900s A few of the historic homes on the Harbor Point peninsula

* Harbor Point is an unincorporated community in a noncontiguous part of the township on a peninsula south of Harbor Springs at 45°25′31″N 84°59′13″W﻿ / ﻿45.42528°N 84.98694°W﻿ / 45.42528; -84.98694. The historic Little Traverse Lighthouse is located at the tip of the Harbor Point peninsula. It was begun as a resort originally called Lansing Resort in 1878.[4]

## Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.39 square miles (34.7 km2), of which 13.37 square miles (34.6 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (0.15%) is water. The city of Harbor Springs is located south of the township.

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Traverse Township, Michigan
3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
4. ^ Romig 1986, p. 251.

### Sources

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* Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)

## External links

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* West Traverse Township Website

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Municipalities and communities of Emmet County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Petoskey

Cities|

* Harbor Springs
* Petoskey

Map of Michigan highlighting Emmet County.svg

Villages|

* Alanson
* Mackinaw City‡
* Pellston

Townships|

* Bear Creek
* Bliss
* Carp Lake
* Center
* Cross Village
* Friendship
* Little Traverse
* Littlefield
* Maple River
* McKinley
* Pleasantview
* Readmond
* Resort
* Springvale
* Wawatam
* West Traverse

CDPs|

* Bay Shore‡
* Bay View
* Brutus
* Carp Lake
* Conway
* Cross Village
* Levering
* Oden
* Ponshewaing

Other
communities|

* Ayr
* Bliss
* Cecil
* Epsilon
* Forest Beach
* Good Hart
* Harbor Point
* Pleasant View
* Stutsmanville
* Van
* Wequetonsing

Ghost towns|

* Appleton
* Ely
* Sturgeon Bay

Indian
reservations|

* Burt Lake Indian Reservation‡
* Little Traverse Bay Reservation‡
* Mackinac Indian Reservation‡

Historic
settlements|

* L'Arbre Croche (Waganagisi)
* Middle Village

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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