Chums Corner (often referred to as Chums) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] According to the 2020 census, the population was 1,065. The community is located within Blair Township.
Chums Corner, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: "Chums" | |
 Location within Grand Traverse County | |
  Chums Corner Location within the state of Michigan  Chums Corner Location within the United States | |
| 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 | 2.79 sq mi (7.24 km2) |
| • Land | 2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2) |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,065 |
| • Density | 400.38/sq mi (154.61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 49685 (Traverse City) |
| Area code | 231 |
| GNIS feature ID | 6223278[1] |
History
editHistorically, the area that is now Chums Corner was traversed by what is now known as the Old Indian Trail, a trail which serviced travel for the Anishinaabe between Lake Mitchell, near Cadillac, and Grand Traverse Bay, in Traverse City.[3]
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.[4]
The community of Chums Corner was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it was given officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[5] The population at this time was 946. [6]
In 2020, Chasten Buttigieg, spouse of United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, wrote I Have Something to Tell You, a memoir which includes anecdotes about Buttigieg's childhood growing up in a neighborhood in Chums Corner.[7]
Geography
editAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km2), all land.[8]
Major highways
editDemographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 946 | — | |
| 2020 | 1,065 | 12.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] | |||
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Education
editIt is within Traverse City Area Public Schools.[10]
Notable person
edit- Chasten Buttigieg, spouse of former South Bend mayor and current United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, was raised in Chums Corner.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Chums Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ Ettawageshik, Frank (April 25, 2018). "Old Indian Trail - Cadillac to Traverse City". Cadillac, Michigan Area Visitors Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "Revealing how Chum's Corner's came to be" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-5. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2012/dec/cph-1-24.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Buttigieg, Chasten (2020). I Have Something to Tell You (1st ed.). New York City: Atria Publishing Group. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-1-9821-3812-7.
- ^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 22 Michigan. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (January 1, 2020). "School District Reference Map: Grand Traverse County, MI" (PDF) (Map). 2020 Census. 1:97,877. Suitland, Maryland: United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
