Chums Corner, Michigan
 | This article is missing information about population demographics. (February 2019) |
Chums Corner, Michigan | |
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  Chums Corners Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′19″N 85°39′23″W / 44.67194°N 85.65639°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Grand Traverse |
| Township | Blair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.664 sq mi (6.90 km2) |
| • Land | 2.660 sq mi (6.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 946 |
| • Density | 360/sq mi (140/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49685 |
| Area code | 231 |
| GNIS feature ID | 6223278 [1] |
Chums Corner is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.[1] Its population was 946 as of the 2010 census.[2]
History
Around 1932 Deronda "Chum" Crandall and his wife Eva began operating a gas station and a grocery store at a major highway intersection a few miles south of Traverse City. Over the years the intersection became known as "Chum's Corners". Chum sold the business and retired in 1953, and died in Traverse City in early 1959.[3]
Geography
The community is located in northern Blair Township at the intersection of U.S. Route 31 and M-37, 7 miles (11 km) south of Traverse City, the Grand Traverse County seat, and 23 miles (37 km) east of Beulah via US-31. M-37 leads south 12 miles (19 km) to Buckley. The CDP extends west to include the eastern shore of Silver Lake within Blair Township. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km2), all of it land.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Chums Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Revealing how Chum's Corner's came to be" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chums Corner CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 19, 2016.[dead link]
External links
- Barr, Jeff, "Chum's Corner reinvents itself from yesterday to today". Second Wave – Northern Michigan, May 7, 2013.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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