Back بلدة ساتون باي (ميشيغان) Arabic ناحیه ساتونز بی، میشیگان Persian Suttons Bay Township Finnish Suttons Bay Township French Suttons Bay Township (Michigan) Hungarian Districtul Suttons Bay, Michigan Romanian Suttons Bay Township, Michigan SIMPLE Suttons Bay Township Swedish سوٹنس بے ٹاؤن شپ، مشی گن Urdu Xã Suttons Bay, Michigan Vietnamese
Suttons Bay Township, Michigan | |
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 Location within Leelanau County (red) and the administered village of Suttons Bay (pink) | |
  Suttons Bay Township Location within the state of Michigan  Suttons Bay Township Suttons Bay Township (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°59′35″N 85°38′11″W / 44.99306°N 85.63639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| County |  Leelanau |
| Established | 1863 |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Tom Nixon |
| • Clerk | Sandra Van Huystee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.89 sq mi (108.5 km2) |
| • Land | 24.52 sq mi (63.5 km2) |
| • Water | 17.37 sq mi (45.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 600 ft (183 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,883 |
| • Density | 117.6/sq mi (45.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | |
| Area code | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-77620[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1627143[4] |
| Website | Official website |
Suttons Bay Township is a civil township and county seat of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,883 at the 2020 census.[2] The village of Suttons Bay is located within the township along Grand Traverse Bay.
In a 2004 referendum, voters approved moving the county seat from the community of Leland to a site in section 19 in the southwest corner of the township, nearer to the geographic center of the county. Suttons Bay Township is the only civil township to serve as a county seat in the state of Michigan.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Suttons Bay township, Leelanau County, Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Suttons Bay Township, Michigan