Sources: Michigan Place Names by Walter Romig & Michigan Ghost Towns
Vol. II by Roy L. Dodge |
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Ahgostatown - A landing on Grand Traverse Bay
in Omena |
Animookaadjiinon - Ottawa Native name for the
Fox Islands |
Bingham - An unincorporated community in
Bingham Township along the old railroad line. |
Bohemian Settlement - |
Bodus - Former settlement in Centerville
Township. |
Burdickville - Former town on the shore of
Glen Lake established in 1864 and abandoned in 1912 |
Burton Dock - Former dock located in the center
of the bay on South Manitou Island |
Buss - |
Carp Lake - An early name for Lake Leelanau |
Cat Head Village - Former settlement on Lake
Michigan where Peterson Park is today. |
Cedar City - An unincorporated community with
a post office in Solon Township. |
Cherry Home - A post office from 1919-1931
located in the center of Leelanau Township. |
Crystal Spring - Settlement located on M-22 in
Elmwood Township near Greilickville. |
Crescent - A former settlement with a dock on
the west side of North Manitou Island |
Eagletown - Location just south of
Peshawbestown on M-22 |
East Empire - |
Elm Rock - Post office in Elmwood Township
from 1879-1883 |
Elmwood Village - |
Empire - Village on the shore of Lake Michigan |
Elton - |
Fishtown - Harbor area in
Leland |
Fouch - An unincorporated community on the
south end of Lake Leelanau. |
Four Corners - Original name of Isadore |
Gills Pier - A former settlement in the
southwest part of Leelanau Township with a post office from 1883-1908. |
Glen Arbor - A census-designated place and
tourist "town" in Glen Arbor Township. |
Glen Haven -
A former village and coast guard station.
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Glen Lake - Near Sleeping
Bear Dunes with M-22 dividing Big and Little Glen Lakes |
Glenmere - A post office from 1905-1916 |
Good Harbor - A former town in the northwest
part of Centerville Township |
Greilickville - A census designated place in
the southeast section of Elmwood Township |
Hatch's Crossing - A former railroad station
in the center of Elmwood Township |
Heimforth - A former settlement on Lake Leelanau
in northwest corner of Elmwood Township |
Isadore - An unincorporated community named
for St. Isadore in Centerville Township |
Jacktown - A former settlement located southeast
of M-72 and CR677 |
Kasson Township - Township named for Kasson
Freeman and organized in 1865. |
Keswick - A former town in Bingham Township
with a post office between 1889-1910. |
Lake Leelanau - An unincorporated community
between North and South Lake Leelanau. |
Leelanau Township - Township located at the
northern tip of the Leelanau Penninsula
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Leland - an unincorporated community with a
harbor in Leland Township |
Le Naro - An early name for the settlement of
Lake Leelanau at the Narrows |
Louisville - |
Manitou - Early county incompassing the
islands of Lake Michigan |
Manseau - |
Maple City - A census designated place in the
north part of Kasson Township |
Melville - A post office from 1862-1871 |
Micham - A post office from 1865-1872 |
Miller Hill - A hill with a view in Glen
Arbor Township northeast of Glen Lake |
New Mission - Mission located at Omena later
known as Omena Presbyterian |
Norrisville - A post office from 1881-1902 |
North Fox Island - Island in Lake Michigan which
is currently a wildlife research area. |
North Manitou Island - Island in Lake Michigan
now part of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. |
North Manitou Island Village - Former Coast
Guard station on the northwest coast of North Manitou Island. |
Northport -A village on Grand Traverse Bay |
Northport Point - Located at the tip of the
Leelanau Penninsula |
North Unity - A former town on Lake Michigan
in Cleveland Township burned in 1871. |
Omena - An unincorporated community in
southeastern Leelanau Township on Grand Traverse Bay. |
Onominese - A former Ottawa village on Lake
Michigan about 5 miles north of Leland. |
Oviatt - A former community on the Leelanau
and Benzie County line in Kasson Twosnhip |
Perrin's Landing - A summer resort area
established by Daniel Perrin on the south end of Lake Leelanau. |
Peshawbestown - An unincorporated community
along M-22 in Suttons Bay Township |
Pleasant City/Pleasant Village - Suttons Bay |
Port Oneida -
Former farming community now part of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore |
Provemont - An early post office near present
day Lake Leelanau |
Schomberg - A former settlement in Centerville
Township |
Shalda's Corner -
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Shemacopink - Early name for Leland |
Shetland - Early post office. Probably
located near Shetland School |
Sleeping Bear - Name for the large dunes and
National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan. |
Sleeping Bear Point - North tip of the
peninsula of Sleeping Bear Dunes |
Solon - An unincorporated community in the
central part of Solon Township. |
South Bar Lake - 69 acre lake near Empire with a
public park and swimming |
South Fox Island - An island in Lake Michigan
with significance to Ottawa tribes. |
South Manitou Island - Island in Lake Michigan
which is now part of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore |
South Manitou Island Village - Former Coast
Guard station on southeast South Manitou Island. |
Stormer - A former settlement and dock on
Southeast coast of North Manitou Island. |
Suttons Bay - A village on Grand Traverse Bay. |
Traverse Beach Resort - Located at
Greilicksville |
Waukazooville
- An early name for Northport.
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