THE TRAVERSE CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Manistee-Leelanau Shore setting.
Traverse City city has 8.28 square miles of land in Grand Traverse County, Leelanau County. Its Census reference point is in Manistee-Leelanau Shore, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Traverse City intersects 2 county geographies: Grand Traverse County, Leelanau County. A Traverse City mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Traverse City by land and water
The Census records 0.34 square miles of water within Traverse City, or 3.9% of its total area. It is 37.6 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Traverse City city has 31.1% of the land area of nearby Garfield charter township (26.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.