Grawn, Michigan
Grawn, Michigan | |
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 Aerial photo of Grawn | |
| Coordinates: 44°39′45″N 85°41′36″W / 44.66250°N 85.69333°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Grand Traverse |
| Township | Blair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.63 sq mi (1.64 km2) |
| • Land | 0.63 sq mi (1.64 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 772 |
| • Density | 1,200/sq mi (470/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49637 |
| Area code | 231 |
| GNIS feature ID | 627256[1] |
| FIPS code | 26-34620 |
Grawn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 772.[2]
History
Grawn was founded in the 1870s as Blackwood after its first settler, James B. Blackwood. The Chicago and West Michigan Railway was built through Blackwood in 1890,[3] and the village was renamed to Grawn Station, after Charles T. Grawn, the former superintendent of Central Michigan Normal School, and later the superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools.[4] The same year, the name was shortened to Grawn, and given a post office with William H. Gibbs as the first postmaster.[5] By 1905, potatoes had become the main crop of Grawn.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Chums Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grawn CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 19, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "michiganrailroads.com - Evolution Map - Lower - 1890". www.michiganrailroads.com. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Charles Grawn | Central Michigan University". www.cmich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.
- ^ "A Backwards Look at Grawn" (PDF). Blair Township History.
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