Editing West Traverse Township, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = West Traverse Township, Michigan
| settlement_type    = [[Civil township]]
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| pushpin_label      = West Traverse Township
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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| image_map          = West Traverse Township, MI location2.png
| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]]

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Supervisor
| leader_name        = Ed Murphy
| leader_title1      = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
| leader_name1       = Joseph (Jay) Olson
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1897

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| area_total_sq_mi   = 13.39
| area_land_sq_mi    = 13.37
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.02

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1768
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 288
| elevation_ft       = 945
| coordinates        = {{coord|45|27|29|N|85|01|20|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 49740 ([[Harbor Springs, Michigan|Harbor Springs]])
| area_code          = [[Area code 231|231]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-86300<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1627252<ref>{{gnis|1627252}}</ref>
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'''West Traverse Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 1,768 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/West_Traverse_township,_Emmet_County,_Michigan?g=060XX00US2604786300 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Communities==
[[File:The Point, showing the lighthouse (NBY 1318).jpg|thumb|left|Harbor Point, circa 1900s]]
[[File:Historic homes on Harbor Point.jpg|thumb|300px|A few of the historic homes on the Harbor Point peninsula]]
*'''Harbor Point''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in a noncontiguous part of the township on a peninsula south of Harbor Springs at {{Coord|45|25|31|N|84|59|13|W|}}. The historic [[Little Traverse Lighthouse]] is located at the tip of the Harbor Point peninsula. It was begun as a resort originally called ''Lansing Resort'' in 1878.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=251}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|13.39|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|13.37|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|sqmi|km2}} (0.15%) is water. The city of [[Harbor Springs, Michigan|Harbor Springs]] is located south of the township.

==References==

===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-year=1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |location=Detroit, Michigan |isbn=978-0-8143-1838-6 }}

==External links==
*[http://www.westtraversetownship.com/ West Traverse Township Website]

{{Emmet County, Michigan}}

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[[Category:Townships in Emmet County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan]]