Grand Traverse County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
Latitude
44°45'N
Longitude
85°35'W
Traverse City
, city (1990 pop. 15,155), Grand Traverse
co., N Mich., 110 mi/177 km N of Grand Rapids,
at the head of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay; 44°45'N 85°35'W.
In a resort and cherry-growing region (esp. Old Mission Peninsula to
N), with annual cherry festival. Tourism and food processing are major
industries; mfg. (transportation equip., consumer goods, sand and
gravel, fabricated metal prods.). Protestant missionaries came to the
area in 1839. The production of lumber was the major economic activity
until c.1915, when the supply was depleted and farming began.
Northwestern Michigan Col. (2-year); Interlochen State Park and Center
for the Arts to SW; Traverse City State Park and Holiday Ski Area to E;
Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl. Lakeshore to NW on Leelanau Peninsula. Inc.
1881.
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Grand Traverse
co., N Mich., 110 mi/177 km N of Grand Rapids,
at the head of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay; 44°45'N 85°35'W.
In a resort and cherry-growing region (esp. Old Mission Peninsula to
N), with annual cherry festival. Tourism and food processing are major
industries; mfg. (transportation equip., consumer goods, sand and
gravel, fabricated metal prods.). Protestant missionaries came to the
area in 1839. The production of lumber was the major economic activity
until c.1915, when the supply was depleted and farming began.
Northwestern Michigan Col. (2-year); Interlochen State Park and Center
for the Arts to SW; Traverse City State Park and Holiday Ski Area to E;
Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl. Lakeshore to NW on Leelanau Peninsula. Inc.
1881.
