Grawn, Michigan

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Grawn, Michigan | settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]] (CDP) & [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] | nickname = | motto =  | image_skyline = Grawn Post Office.jpg | image_size = 275 | image_caption = U.S. Post Office in Grawn | image_flag = | image_seal =  | pushpin_map = Michigan#USA | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_label = Grawn | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States | pushpin_mapsize = | image_map = Grawn, MI location.png | mapsize = 250 | map_caption = Location within [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]]

| coordinates = {{coord|44|39|45|N|85|41|36|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis|623278|Chums Corner}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Michigan}} | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]] | subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Grand Traverse County, Michigan.svg}} [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Civil township|Township]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Blair Township, Michigan|Blair]]

| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date =  | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref> | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 1.69 | area_land_km2 = 1.69 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 0.65 | area_land_sq_mi = 0.65 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]] | postal_code = 49637<br>49685 ([[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]) | area_code = [[Area code 231|231]] | blank_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank_info = 627256<ref name="GNIS"/> | blank1_name = [[FIPS code]] | blank1_info = 26-34620 | website = | footnotes = | official_name = }}

'''Grawn''' ({{IPAc-en|g|ɹ|ɔː|n}}) is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]].<ref name="GNIS"/> At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the community's population was 816. The community is located within [[Blair Township, Michigan|Blair Township]] on the border with [[Green Lake Township, Michigan|Green Lake Township]].

==History== [[File:Grawn MI Overview.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Historic view of the community]]

Grawn was founded in the 1870s as '''Blackwood''' after its first settler, James B. Blackwood.<ref>https://www.blairtownship.org/History/4.Pane_16.pdf{{Dead link | date=April 2026 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The [[Chicago and West Michigan Railway]] was built through Blackwood in 1890,<ref>{{Cite web|title=michiganrailroads.com - Evolution Map - Lower - 1890|url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/178-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1890s/4389-evolution-map-lower-1890|website=www.michiganrailroads.com|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=November 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123223030/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/178-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1890s/4389-evolution-map-lower-1890|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the village was renamed to '''Grawn Station''', after Charles T. Grawn, the former superintendent of [[Central Michigan University|Central Michigan Normal School]], and later the superintendent of [[Traverse City Area Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Grawn {{!}} Central Michigan University|url=https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/researchresources/cmu_material/pages/charles-grawn-.aspx|website=www.cmich.edu|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> In the same year, the name was shortened to Grawn, and the village was given a post office with William H. Gibbs serving as the first postmaster.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Romig|first=Walter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=william+h.+gibbs+traverse+city+mi&pg=PA236|title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities|date=1986|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0-8143-1838-6|language=en}}</ref> By 1905, potatoes had become the main crop of Grawn.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Backwards Look at Grawn|url=https://www.blairtownship.org/History/5.Pane_15.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=Blair Township History|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

In December 1995, a fire broke out at Carl's Tire Retreading Company in Grawn. The fire burned for 20 days and led to the evacuation of locals and of Blair Elementary School. In 2003, [[PFAS]] were found at the site and in local wells as a result of chemicals used to extinguish the fire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site Profile - Carl's Tire Retreading - EPA OSC Response |url=https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=A514 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=response.epa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellison |first=Garret |date=2018-07-25 |title=Huge 1996 tire fire near Traverse City caused PFAS plume |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2018/07/1996_grawn_tire_fire_pfas.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref>

The community of Grawn was listed as a newly organized [[census-designated place]] for the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], meaning that it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States census]]| accessdate = September 17, 2021|page=III-5}}</ref>

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Grawn has a total area of {{convert|0.63|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CENS">{{cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |accessdate=September 17, 2021 |work=[[2010 United States census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=22 Michigan }}</ref>

===Major highways=== *{{jct|state=MI|US|31}} runs west–east at this portion of its route through the center of the community.

==Demographics== {{US Census population | 2010 = 772 | 2020 = 816 | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} {{Expand section|date=September 2021}}

==Education== The community is served by [[Traverse City Area Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite map |author = [[United States Census Bureau]] |date = January 1, 2020 |map-url = https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st26_mi/schooldistrict_maps/c26055_grand_traverse/DC20SD_C26055.pdf |title = 2020 Census |map = School District Reference Map: Grand Traverse County, MI |scale = 1:97,877 |location = Suitland, Maryland |publisher = United States Census Bureau |access-date = April 16, 2023 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Grand Traverse County, Michigan]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Grand Traverse County, Michigan]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Michigan]] [[Category:Traverse City metropolitan area]]