Chums Corner, Michigan

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]

Chums Corner, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Chums Corners
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 44°40′19″N 85°39′23″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyGrand Traverse
TownshipBlair
Area
 • Total2.664 sq mi (6.90 km2)
 • Land2.660 sq mi (6.89 km2)
 • Water0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation889 ft (271 m)
Population
 • Total946
 • Density360/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49685
Area code(s)231
GNIS feature ID6223278 [1]

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
  1. "Chums Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  3. "Revealing how Chum's Corner's came to be" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  4. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chums Corner CDP, Michigan". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 19, 2016.


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