West Traverse Township, Michigan

Civil township in Michigan, United States

45°27′29″N 85°01′20″W / 45.45806°N 85.02222°W / 45.45806; -85.02222CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyEmmetEstablished1897Government

• SupervisorRobert Sandford • ClerkCindy BaiardiArea

• Total13.39 sq mi (34.7 km²) • Land13.37 sq mi (34.6 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)Elevation

945 ft (288 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,768 • Density130/sq mi (51/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)

49740 (Harbor Springs)

Area code231FIPS code26-86300^[1]GNIS feature ID1627252^[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

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

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

Notes

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

Sources

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)