Kasson Township, Michigan

Maple City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of Maple City was 209 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Kasson Township, and lies about 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Traverse City. As an unincorporated community, Maple City holds no legal autonomy of its own, and relies on governance from Kasson Township. However, a post office operates out of Maple City, with the ZIP code 49664.

Glen Lake Community School (GLCS) is a public, coeducational K–12 school in Kasson Township, Leelanau County, Michigan. Located between Burdickville and Maple City, Glen Lake Community School serves most of southwest and central Leelanau County, and lies near the eponymous Glen Lake. Most of the school district is in Leelanau County. Places in the district include Cedar, Empire, Glen Arbor, and Maple City. Townships in the district include Empire, Glen Arbor, Kasson, and parts of Centerville, Cleveland, and Solon. The district also includes a portion of Platte Township, Benzie County.

Saint Joseph's Catholic Church is a church located at 5899 County Road 669 near Maple City, Michigan and east of Glen Arbor, Michigan. It was constructed in 1884 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Lime Lake is a freshwater lake located in Cleveland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, approximately two miles north of the Village of Maple City, Michigan. The lake is located in a basin setting of wooded rolling sand hills approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Good Harbor Bay and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The M-22, a State of Michigan scenic heritage route, skirts Lime Lake to the north.

Cleveland Township is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of Cleveland Township was 1,103 at the 2020 census. Part of the township is located within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Glen Lake is a lake located in Northern Michigan. Located in the southwestern Leelanau Peninsula, the lake is directly adjacent to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and is, at its closest, about 0.94 miles (1.51 km) from Lake Michigan. The lake consists of two large bodies of water connected by a narrow channel, which is traversed by a causeway carrying the famous highway M-22. The body of water on the west of this causeway, which is far shallower and more elongated, is known as Little Glen Lake, and the body of water east of the causeway, which is nearly perfectly round and deeper, is known as Big Glen Lake. The total area of Glen Lake is 6,286 acres (25 km2), with a maximum depth 130 feet (40 m). The lake empties into Lake Michigan via the shallow Crystal River which winds through Glen Arbor.

Cedar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Leelanau County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 102 at the 2020 census. Cedar is located within Solon Township, and lies about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Traverse City. The town is known for its Polish heritage, and is home to an annual polka festival.As an unincorporated community, Cedar has no legal autonomy of its own. However, it does have its own post office with the 49621 ZIP Code.

Almira Township ( al-MY-rə) is a civil township in the northeast of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,873, making it the most-populous municipality in Benzie County.

The Leelanau Peninsula AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Leelanau County, Michigan. This Michigan wine region includes all of Leelanau County, which forms a peninsula between Lake Michigan on the west and Grand Traverse Bay on the east. Being surrounded by water helps to moderate the climate of the region, which is generally cold for viticulture. Frost can occur on all but about 145 days of the calendar year. The soil in Leelanau Peninsula is complex, with glacial deposits of clay, sand, and loam on top of bedrock of granite and limestone. The hardiness zones are 6a and 6b.

Lake Ann is a village in northeastern Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of Almira Township, Lake Ann is situated 10 miles (16 km) west of Traverse City, and largely dependent upon that city. The population of Lake Ann was 273 at the 2020 census.

Solon Township ( SOH-lən) is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,562 at the 2020 census. Solon Township is home to the community of Cedar.

Hardwood Acres is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 432 at the 2010 census. Hardwood Acres is located within Almira Township.