Yuba, Michigan

Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

44°49′24″N 85°27′33″W / 44.82333°N 85.45917°W / 44.82333; -85.45917Country

United StatesState

MichiganCounty

Grand TraverseTownshipAcmeElevation

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607 ft (185 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP Code

49690

Area code231GNIS feature ID1617958^[1]

Yuba is a small unincorporated community in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.^[2] Yuba is a part of Grand Traverse County, and is located in Acme Township along U.S. Highway 31. Yuba rests on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.

History

Yuba was first settled in by David R. Curtis in 1852. A post office was open in Yuba from 1865 to 1904.^[3] The nearby village of Fife Lake was named for William H. Fife, the first postmaster at Yuba.^[4]

Geography

Yuba lies on the shore of the East Arm off Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan. The town lies about 4.4 miles (7.1 km) northwest of Williamsburg, about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of Elk Rapids, and about 7.4 miles (11.9 km) northeast of Traverse City. US Highway 31 runs directly through Yuba, and can be used to access Elk Rapids and Traverse City.

References

^ ^a ^b "Yuba". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History and Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 618. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.