Yuba, Michigan

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Yuba, Michigan | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] | image_skyline = Yuba Michigan Sign US31.jpg | imagesize = 275 | image_caption = Yuba along [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|U.S. Route 31]] | image_seal =  | motto =  | map_caption =  | pushpin_map = Michigan | pushpin_label_position = right  | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Michigan]] | coordinates = {{coord|44|49|24|N|85|27|33|W|region:US-MI_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flagu|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Civil township|Township]] | subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Michigan}} | subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Grand Traverse County, Michigan.svg}} [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Acme Township, Michigan|Acme]] | established_title = | established_date = | unit_pref = Imperial | timezone1 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | utc_offset1 = -5 | timezone1_DST = EDT | utc_offset1_DST = -4 | postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]] | postal_code = 49690 | area_code = [[Area code 231|231]] | area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]] | pushpin_label = Yuba | blank_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank_info_sec1 = 1617958<ref name="gnis"/> | elevation_ft = 607 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|1617958|Yuba}}</ref> }}

'''Yuba''' is a small [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/5abf856d-585a-5c2e-95c7-ea07517d0086/summary |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref> Yuba is a part of [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]], and is located in [[Acme Township, Michigan|Acme Township]] along [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|U.S. Highway 31]]. Yuba rests on the eastern shore of [[Lake Michigan]]'s [[Grand Traverse Bay]].

== History == Yuba was first settled in by David R. Curtis in 1852. A post office was open in Yuba from 1865 to 1904.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History and Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=618}}</ref> The nearby village of [[Fife Lake, Michigan|Fife Lake]] was named for William H. Fife, the first postmaster at Yuba.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Romig |first=Walter |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |year=1986 |isbn=0-8143-1838-X |location=[[Detroit]] |pages=196}}</ref>

== Geography == Yuba lies on the shore of the East Arm off [[Grand Traverse Bay]], a [[bay]] of [[Lake Michigan]]. The town lies about {{Convert|4.4|mi|km}} northwest of [[Williamsburg, Michigan|Williamsburg]], about {{Convert|4.8|mi|km}} south of [[Elk Rapids, Michigan|Elk Rapids]], and about {{Convert|7.4|mi|km}} northeast of [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]. [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|US Highway 31]] runs directly through Yuba, and can be used to access Elk Rapids and Traverse City.

== References == {{Reflist}} {{Grand Traverse County, Michigan}}

[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Grand Traverse County, Michigan]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan]] [[Category:Michigan populated places on Lake Michigan]] [[Category:1852 establishments in Michigan]] [[Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1852]]