Petoskey, Michigan
| Petoskey, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| City | |
 Location in the state of Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 45°22′24″N 84°57′19″W / 45.37333°N 84.95528°WCoordinates: 45°22′24″N 84°57′19″W / 45.37333°N 84.95528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Emmet |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bill Fraser |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.29 sq mi (13.70 km2) |
| • Land | 5.09 sq mi (13.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2) |
| Elevation | 666 ft (202 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,670 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,707 |
| • Density | 1,113.9/sq mi (430.1/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49770 |
| Area code(s) | 231 |
| FIPS code | 26-63820 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0634731 |
| Website | http://www.petoskey.us/ |
Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,670 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Emmet County.
Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable in 20th-century American literature as the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake. They are the setting for certain events in Jeffrey Eugenides' novel Middlesex (2002), which also features Detroit and its suburban areas.
The Little Traverse Bay area was long inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Odawa people. The name "Petoskey" is said to mean "where the light shines through the clouds" in the language of the Odawa. After the 1836 Treaty of Washington, Odawa Chief Ignatius Petosega (1787–1885) took the opportunity to purchase lands near the Bear River. Petosega's father was Antoine Carre, a French Canadian fur trader and his mother was Odawa.
By the 1850s, several religious groups had established missions near the Little Traverse Bay. The Mormons had been based at Beaver Island, the Jesuit missionaries had been based at L'arbor Croche and Michilimackinac, with a Catholic presence in Harbor Springs, then known as "Little Traverse". Andrew Porter, a Presbyterian missionary, arrived at the village of Bear River (as it was then called) in 1852.
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