| Chums Corner, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Nickname: | "Chums" |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Chums Corner |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Coordinates: | 44.6719°N -85.6564°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grand Traverse |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Blair |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.24 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.89 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.35 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.79 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.66 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
| Elevation Ft: | 889 |
| Elevation M: | 271 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1065 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 400.38 |
| Population Density Km2: | 154.61 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49685 (Traverse City) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 6223278 |
Chums Corner (often referred to as Chums) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the 2020 census, the population was 1,065. The community is located within Blair Township.
Around 1932, Deronda "Chum" Crandall and his wife Eva began operating a gas station and a grocery store at a major highway intersection a few miles south of Traverse City. Over the years the intersection became known as "Chum's Corners". Chum sold the business and retired in 1953, and died in Traverse City in early 1959.[2]
The community of Chums Corner was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it was given officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[3] The population at this time was 946. [4]
In 2020, Chasten Buttigieg, spouse of United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, wrote I Have Something to Tell You. The memoir includes anecdotes about Buttigieg's childhood growing up in a neighborhood in Chums Corner.[5]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.66sqmi, all land.[6]
It is within Traverse City Area Public Schools.[7]