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Traverse City
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city in and seat of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Counties
- Grand Traverse , Leelanau
- Settled
- June 13, 1847 ; 178 years ago ( 1847-06-13 )
- Incorporated
- April 18, 1881 (village), May 18, 1895 (city)
- Founded by
- Perry Hannah , Albert Lay, Horace Boardman
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Amy Shamroe ( D )
- City manager
- Benjamin Marentette
- City
- 8.61 sq mi (22.30 km )
- Land
- 8.27 sq mi (21.43 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.87 km )
- Urban
- 52.4 sq mi (135.8 km )
- Metro
- 1,690 sq mi (4,380 km )
- Elevation
- 627 ft (191 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 15,832
- Density
- 1,894.4/sq mi (731.43/km )
- Urban density
- 1,085/sq mi (419.1/km )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Traverse City
- Population
- 14482
- Area
- 22.424086
- Elevation
- 191
- Official website
- www.traversecitymi.gov
- Image
- TraverseCity-MI-waterfront.jpg
- Households
- 6835
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- P8168
- Guri Schanke
- Commons category
- Traverse City, Michigan
- postal code
- 49696
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.8361
- per capita income
- 37944
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Traverse City (/ˈtrævərs/ TRAV-ərss) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although it partly extends into Leelanau County. The city's population was 15,678 at the 2020 census, while the four-county Traverse City metropolitan area had 153,448 residents. Traverse City is the largest city in Northern Michigan.
Traverse City is at the head of the East and West arms of Grand Traverse Bay, a 32-mile-long (51 km) bay of Lake Michigan. Grand Traverse Bay is divided into arms by the 18-mile-long (29 km) Old Mission Peninsula, which is attached at its base to Traverse City. The city borders four townships–East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula–all of which are primarily suburban.