Chum's Corners, Michigan | |
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Nickname: "Chums" | |
Coordinates: 44°40′19″N85°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] |
Chum's Corners (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] At the 2020 census, the population was 1,065. The community is located within Blair Township.
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]
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. [4]
In 2020, Chasten Buttigieg, spouse of United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, wrote I Have Something to Tell You . The memoir includes anecdotes about Buttigieg's childhood growing up in a neighborhood in Chums Corner. Buttigieg noted the local stigma associated with living in Chums Corner or nearby Grawn. [5]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km2), all land. [6]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 946 | — | |
2020 | 1,065 | 12.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [7] |
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It is within Traverse City Area Public Schools. [8]
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