Peninsula Township, Michigan

Peninsula Township, Michigan Old Mission Peninsula
Civil township
Mission Point Lighthouse
Nickname(s):  "The Peninsula", "O.M.P."
Location within Grand Traverse County
Peninsula Township Location within the state of Michigan Show map of Michigan Peninsula Township Peninsula Township (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 44°52′41″N 85°31′53″W / 44.87806°N 85.53139°W / 44.87806; -85.53139
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Grand Traverse
Organized	1853
Government
• Supervisor	Isaiah Wunsch
• Clerk	Becky Chown
Area
• Total	31.8 sq mi (82.5 km2)
• Land	27.9 sq mi (72.2 km2)
• Water	4.0 sq mi (10.3 km2)
Elevation	594 ft (181 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,068
• Estimate  (2023)	6,107
• Density	190.8/sq mi (73.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49673 (Old Mission) 49686 (Traverse City)
Area code	231
FIPS code	26-63340[1]
GNIS feature ID	1626889[2]
Website	Official website

Peninsula Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township had a population of 6,068 at the 2020 census, an increase from 5,433 at the 2010 census.

Peninsula Township is coterminous with the Old Mission Peninsula, which projects about 17 miles (27 km) north from its base in Traverse City into Grand Traverse Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. The peninsula divides the Grand Traverse Bay into an East Arm and West Arm. The peninsula is well known for its cherry harvest and viticulture, and is included in the Old Mission Peninsula AVA, a federally recognized viticultural region. At the northern tip of the peninsula is Mission Point Light, which lies just south of the 45th parallel north.^[3]

Also included within Peninsula Township is Power Island, a small island in the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

Interactive map of the Old Mission Peninsula and surrounding areas