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We would like to provide the residents of  Northport  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Northport Home page. The Northport Home page provides as much information as possible on Northport. Knowing Northport’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Northport’s Home page, you will also find Northport’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Northport has a population of 452. 43.4% of Northport’s inhabitants are Male, and 56.6 are female. 62.5% of Northport is married and 85.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $203,509, and the average rent is $1,075. Household median income in Northport is $69,063, and the individual median income is $35,341. Northport’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.1%), Hispanic(9.3%), Multiple(0.9%).


In 1848 Michigan suffered from a smallpox epidemic that affected the entire community of people. Chief Peter Waukazoo and Reverend George Smith moved the community as well as the Holland-area Ottawa Mission up to the Leelanau Peninsula on boats or canoes. When the settlers had reached their destination they called it Waukazooville.


Deacon Joseph Dame arrived at Waukazooville in 1854 and decided to change the name to Northport at this time.Northport was the largest town in Leelanau County for quite a while in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Several general stores were built in the town in 1859 which sold items such as cloth, thread, needles, foods, axes, and more.


There was no doctor in town at this time so Reverend Smith was called on to deliver babies and help the ill.Many people that ended up living in Northport came from New York or Canada.The fishermen, farmers, and other community members would gather on the bay and cut chunks of ice for fisheries, hotels, or even private homes.The cherry industry that is prevalent in Northport today had just begun in 1853 on Reverend Smith's farm.


Farmers began producing cherries so much within those first few years that cherries were being shipped to nearby cities for their markets. The cherry industry in Northport and Leelanau County remains one of the largest in the world.


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