Traverse City
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| Location in Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1891 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| Counties : |
Grand Traverse County Leelanau County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 85 ° 37 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
14,532 (status: 2000) 131,342 (status: 2000) |
| Population density : | 666.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 22.5 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 21.8 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 191 m |
| Postal code : | 49684 |
| Area code : | +1 231 |
| FIPS : | 26-80340 |
| GNIS ID : | 1615042 |
| Website : | www.traversecity.com |
| Mayor : | Michael Estes |
Traverse City (fr. " Le traverse grand ", Eng., " The great crossing ", dt. " The great crossing ") with 14,674 inhabitants (as of 2010) by Marquette 's second largest city in the north of the US state of Michigan . It is located on Grand Traverse Bay off Lake Michigan . This bay is divided by a peninsula, the Old Mission Peninsula .
activities
Traverse City is surrounded by a lot of pristine and untouched nature and water, such as rivers, lakes and bays.
There is a zoo and a marina as well as a historic downtown area. There are also 50 art galleries and museums in the city and the surrounding area.
The Traverse City Film Festival, which has been taking place every year at the end of July or beginning of August since 2005, is also very important. The festival was initiated by the Michigan-born director Michael Moore as well as Doug Stanton, John Robert Williams, Susan Brown and Jason Pollock.
traffic
Traverse City has its own airport, " Cherry Capital Airport ", which major airlines such as American Airlines , Delta Air Lines and United Airlines fly to (especially from Chicago and Detroit ). The distance from Chicago is 305 miles and from Detroit it is 242 miles.
Of the original three buses that connected Traverse City to the rest of Michigan daily, only one is now running. The Indian Trails Bus comes from St. Ignace and leaves Traverse City for Grand Rapids , Kalamazoo and Chicago .
Traverse City does not have a motorway connection. The nearest freeway exit is either in Cadillac (about half an hour south) or about an hour east of Traverse City.
Cherry Capital
Traverse City calls itself the “Cherry Capital of the World” and every year for eight days in July the “National Cherry Festival” takes place there. A special event in this region is the cherry blossom season of the 3 million cherry trees, when the entire area looks like it is wrapped in a white veil. In autumn, you can also marvel at the Indian Summer here .
sons and daughters of the town
- Harold Sherman (1898-1987), writer
- David Wayne (1914–1995), film and television actor
- William Milliken (1922–2019), Michigan Governor 1969–1983
- Alma Routsong (1924–1996), writer
- Erwin Dumbrille (1930–2013), film editor
- Dan Majerle (* 1965), basketball player and coach
- Jeremy Davies (* 1969), film and television actor
- Barry Watson (* 1974), film and television actor
- Craig Thompson (* 1975), comic artist
- Brian Holden (born 1985), actor
