Acme, Michigan
{{About|the unincorporated community|the township|Acme Township, Michigan}}
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| name = Acme, Michigan
| settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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| image_caption = Signage along US 31/M-72
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Michigan}}
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Grand Traverse County, Michigan.svg}} Grand Traverse
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Acme
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| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1869
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
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| postal_code = 49610
49696 (Williamsburg)
| area_code = 231
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Acme ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|k|m|i:}} {{respell|ACK|mee}}) is an unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan.{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/619807 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}} It is located on the shore of the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, located within Acme Township. It is part of the urban area of Traverse City.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-17 |title=Acme |url=https://www.michigan.org/city/acme |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Pure Michigan {{!}} Official Travel & Tourism Website for Michigan |language=en}} Acme is home to the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa.{{Cite web |title=Contact Us at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa |url=https://www.grandtraverseresort.com/contact-us/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.grandtraverseresort.com}}{{Cite web |title=Michigan Golfer ON-LINE - HISTORY: Grand Traverse Resort & Spa: One Man's Vision - By Mike Terrell |url=http://www.michigangolfer.com/sept01/history.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.michigangolfer.com}}
History
Acme was established by L S. Hoxie from Saratoga County, New York, who, after arriving here in 1864, purchased land and platted the settlement. Alburtus T. Hoxie, son of L.S., became the first postmaster of Acme in 1869.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=}} The post office had opened as "Whitewater" on July 16, 1857, but was renamed on June 10, 1869. Acme takes its name from a Greek word, acme, meaning "summit".{{cite book |author=Gannett, Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/origincertainpl00ganngoog |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/origincertainpl00ganngoog/page/n29 23]}}
In 1892, an extension of the Chicago and West Michigan Railway from Traverse City to Petoskey was built through Acme.{{Cite web |title=michiganrailroads.com - Evolution Map - Lower - 1892 |url=http://www.michiganrailroads.com/evolution-of-michigan-railroads/178-evolution-lower-peninsula/evolution-1890s/4387-evolution-map-lower-1892 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.michiganrailroads.com}}
Acme's post office closed on February 15, 1933. However, it was reestablished on February 1, 1952.{{gnis|2496175|Acme Post Office}}
In 1986, the tallest building in Grand Traverse County, the tower at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, opened in Acme.{{cite web |title=Grand Traverse Hotel info |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/126387/grand-traverse-resort-hotel-acme-mi-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411110244/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/126387/grand-traverse-resort-hotel-acme-mi-usa |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-26 |work=Emporis}}
Geography
Acme is part of Northern Michigan. It is located in southwestern Acme Township, in northeastern Grand Traverse County. It lies upon the eastern shore of the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The community is located at the mouth of the eponymous Acme Creek.{{Cite web |title=Acme Creek Watershed |url=http://www.northernmichiganstreams.org/acmews.asp |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.northernmichiganstreams.org}}
= Major highways =
- {{jct|US|31|state=MI}} runs south–north through the community. To the south, the highway runs through Traverse City, and further down the Lake Michigan coast. To the north, US 31 runs through Elk Rapids towards Charlevoix, Petoskey, and the Mackinac Bridge.
- {{jct|M|72|state=MI}} intersects US 31 in the heart of the community. It follows US 31 south and west to Traverse City, and to the east, runs through Williamsburg toward Kalkaska and Grayling.
Education
Acme is part of the Traverse City Area Public Schools district. The nearest public high school is Traverse City Central High School.{{Cite web |title=District Boundary Map |url=https://www.tcaps.net/about/district-boundary-map/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.tcaps.net |language=en-US}} Bertha Vos Elementary School, located within the community, served local elementary students until 2008.{{Cite web |last=Finger |first=Christine |title=Courtade to make room for displaced Bertha Vos students |url=https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/courtade-to-make-room-for-displaced-bertha-vos-students/article_4b4ad958-c2ec-56d8-86cd-26f8ba14465b.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Traverse City Record-Eagle |language=en}}
See also
References
=Sources=
- {{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback |orig-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}
{{Grand Traverse County, Michigan}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Category:Populated places established in 1869
Category:1869 establishments in Michigan