Chums Corner, Michigan

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.

Chum's Corners, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Nickname: 
"Chums"
Location within Grand Traverse County
Location within Grand Traverse County
Chums Corner is located in Michigan
Chums Corner
Chums Corner
Location within the state of Michigan
Chums Corner is located in the United States
Chums Corner
Chums Corner
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 44°40′19″N 85°39′23″W[1]
Country United States
State Michigan
County Grand Traverse
TownshipBlair
Area
[2]
 • Total2.79 sq mi (7.24 km2)
 • Land2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2)
 • Water0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Elevation
[1]
889 ft (271 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,065
 • Density400.38/sq mi (154.61/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
49685 (Traverse City)
Area code231
GNIS feature ID6223278[1]

History

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 now has 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]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km2), all land.[6]

Major highways
  • US 31 enters from the west and takes a 90° angle north in the center of the community.
  • M-37 runs south–north through the center of the community and merges concurrent with U.S. Route 31.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010946—
20201,06512.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Education

It is within Traverse City Area Public Schools.[8]

Notable person

References
  1. "Chums Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. "Revealing how Chum's Corner's came to be" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  4. "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-5. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  5. Buttigieg, Chasten (2020). I Have Something to Tell You (1st ed.). New York City: Atria Publishing Group. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-1-9821-3812-7.
  6. "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 22 Michigan. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. United States Census Bureau (January 1, 2020). "School District Reference Map: Grand Traverse County, MI" (PDF) (Map). 2020 Census. 1:97,877. Suitland, Maryland: United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 16, 2023.


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