Cedar, MI

Cedar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Leelanau County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 102 residents. Cedar is located within Solon Township, and lies about 10 miles northwest of Traverse City. The town is known for its Polish heritage, and is home to an annual polka festival. The village of Cedar sports a small number of brick and mortar stores. Notable among these is Bunting's Cedar Market, which is the sole general food-goods store within the community, and has been operating since the mid-1990s.

A newcomer can read Cedar through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Cedar comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. As an unincorporated community, Cedar has no legal autonomy of its own. Cedar was founded in approximately 1885 by lumberman Benjamin Boughey. He named it Cedar City due to its location in a cedar forest.