Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Greilickville, MI

Greilickville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Leelanau County, so it has no municipal government of its own and is administered as part of Elmwood Charter Township.

Greilickville sits on the western shore of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, immediately northwest of Traverse City, in the southeastern corner of the Leelanau Peninsula.

With 1,634 residents at the 2020 census, Greilickville is the largest community in Leelanau County by population, even though the county has no incorporated cities.

The 2020 census counted 766 households in Greilickville, and it is an older community — the median age was 57.5 and nearly 40 percent of residents were 65 or older.

The area was settled in 1856 by Godfrey Greilick, a Bohemian immigrant who operated several sawmills in southeast Leelanau County.

In 1893 a Manistee and North-Eastern Railroad station opened here under the name Greilickville, honoring Godfrey Greilick, and the community took the station's name.

Pale yellow Markham Bricks, made from Cedar Lake sediments in Greilickville starting in 1874, were used to build much of nearby Traverse City, including the Traverse City State Hospital.

The Leelanau Trail, a paved rail trail opened in 1995 on the old railroad right-of-way, runs through Greilickville toward Suttons Bay.

Greilickville students attend Traverse City Area Public Schools and are zoned to Traverse City West Senior High School, while the private Pathfinder School, a PreK-8 school, sits within the community.