Local History

Woodsman Murdock Andress became the first settler here in 1863.  Mr. Phillips followed with a hotel in 1869.  Given a post office named Wilson on March 29, 1872, it was renamed Eastport on September 8, 1873.

Cicero Newell and L. G. Wilcox built a mill and a dock directly east across Grand Traverse Bay from Northport, hence the name Eastport.  This bay shore project was abandoned and the village began at the head of Torch Lake, but retained the name of Eastport.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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