The area was settled by lumberman Murdock Andress in 1863, and a hotel was built in 1869. A post office named Wilson opened on March 29, 1872. It was renamed Eastport on September 8, 1873. The community became a popular shipping area along the east coast Grand Traverse Bay and the northern shores of Torch Lake. The name Eastport was derived from its eastern location along the bay, which was directly across the bay from Northport.[4]
The community of Eastport 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.[5]
Geographyedit
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eastport CDP has a total area of 2.00 square miles (5.18 km2), of which 1.99 square miles (5.15 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) (0.50%) is water.[1]
Eastport is located at the northern tip of Torch Lake, Michigan's second-largest inland lake. The community also has a shoreline on Grand Traverse Bay, a large arm of Lake Michigan.
Major highwaysedit
US 31 is a north-south route that runs through the community.
M-88 is an east-west route with its western terminus in the community.
Demographicsedit
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2019)
^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eastport, Michigan
^Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 172. ISBN978-0-8143-1838-6.
^"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
April 09, 2024
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