Grand Traverse County is a county located in the state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,238, making it the largest county in Northern Michigan. Its county seat is Traverse City. Long a part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatami), Grand Traverse County's first European settlement (Old Mission) was established in 1839. It was originally created in 1840 as Omeena County; however, it was reorganized in 1851 as Grand Traverse County. The county itself and Traverse City earned its name from 18th-century French voyageurs who made la grande traversée, or "the long crossing", across the mouth of bay.
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