Grawn, Michigan
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Grawn (Template:IPAc-en) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.<ref name="GNIS"/> At the 2020 census, the community's population was 816. The community is located within Blair Township on the border with Green Lake Township.
History
Grawn was founded in the 1870s as Blackwood after its first settler, James B. Blackwood.<ref>https://www.blairtownship.org/History/4.Pane_16.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF</ref> The Chicago and West Michigan Railway was built through Blackwood in 1890,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the village was renamed to Grawn Station, after Charles T. Grawn, the former superintendent of Central Michigan Normal School, and later the superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, the name was shortened to Grawn, and the village was given a post office with William H. Gibbs serving as the first postmaster.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> By 1905, potatoes had become the main crop of Grawn.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In December 1995, a fire broke out at Carl's Tire Retreading Company in Grawn. The fire burned for 20 days and led to the evacuation of locals and of Blair Elementary School. In 2003, PFAS were found at the site and in local wells as a result of chemicals used to extinguish the fire.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The community of Grawn was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning that it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="CENS">Template:Cite web</ref>
Major highways
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Demographics
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Education
The community is served by Traverse City Area Public Schools.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref>