Place Names
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Place Names |
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| Sources: Michigan Place Names by Walter Romig & Michigan Ghost Towns Vol. II by Roy L. Dodge |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 - |
| 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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