West Traverse Township, Michigan

West Traverse Township, Michigan
Township
West Traverse Township, Michigan Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 45°27′29″N 85°1′20″W / 45.45806°N 85.02222°WCoordinates: 45°27′29″N 85°1′20″W / 45.45806°N 85.02222°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Emmet
Area
• Total	13.4 sq mi (34.6 km^2)
• Land	13.3 sq mi (34.5 km^2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km^2)
Elevation	945 ft (288 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,448
• Density	108.6/sq mi (41.9/km^2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
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 1,448 at the 2000 census.

Communities

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. The historic Little Traverse Lighthouse is located at the tip of the Harbor Point peninsula. It was began as a resort originally called Lansing Resort in 1878.^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.4 square miles (35 km²), of which 13.3 square miles (34 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (0.22%) is water. The city of Harbor Springs is located south of the township.

References

Notes

1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Traverse Township, Michigan
3. 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. Great Lakes Books Series (Paperback) (Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press). ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.

External links

• West Traverse Township Website