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- This article is about the town; for the type of rock, see Petoskey Stone.
Petoskey is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,080. It is the county seat of Emmet County6.
Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable for being the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake, as well as for a high concentration of Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan. Petoskey is also the birthplace of Information Theorist Claude Shannon and Civil War Historian Bruce Catton.
Geography
Petoskey is on the southeast shore of the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Bear River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.5 km² (5.2 mi²). 13.0 km² (5.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.02%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 6,080 people, 2,700 households, and 1,447 families residing in the city. The population density was 467.6/km² (1,210.9/mi²). There were 3,342 housing units at an average density of 257.0/km² (665.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.18% White, 0.33% African American, 3.17% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.17% of the population.
There were 2,700 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.4% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 85.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,657, and the median income for a family was $48,168. Males had a median income of $35,875 versus $25,114 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,259. About 6.6% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.
Transportation
U.S. Highway 31 connects with Michigan State Highway 66 in Charlevoix, 16 miles to the west. Interstate 75 is 23 miles to the east, via Michigan State Highway 68 off US 31. Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge are 37 miles north via US 31. Michigan State Highway 119, accessible off US 31 four miles east at Bay View, continues around the north side of Little Traverse Bay and then on Lake Michigan to Cross Village. United States Highway 131 has its northern terminus in the city.
Freight rail service to Petoskey is limited and provided by the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway (TSBY); however, the tracks are owned by the state of Michigan in order to preserve rail service in northern Michigan. Freight traffic includes plastic pellets delivered to a rail/truck transload facility for Petoskey Plastics. Occasional passenger excursion trains, to Petoskey, are operated by Lake Central Rail Tours.
Colleges
External links
- City of Petoskey Web Site - information, news, and events
- Petoskey Chamber of Commerce
- Petoskey News-Review (local newspaper)
- Little Traverse History Museum
- Festival on the Bay
- Lake Central Rail Tours
- Google Map of Petoskey, Michigan
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