Maple City, MI

Maple City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Leelanau County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 209 residents. The community is located within Kasson Township, and lies about 13 miles northwest of Traverse City. As an unincorporated community, Maple City holds no legal autonomy of its own, and relies on governance from Kasson Township. Maple City's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Maple City's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Maple City had its beginnings in 1866 when William Parks and J.