City of Petoskey

Petoskey encompasses approximately 6.2 square miles, or about 4000 acres, along eight miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline, including Bay Harbor, which was transferred to the City from Resort Township in 1994 through an intergovernmental agreement.  The City contains 3,487 residential, 584 commercial, and ten industrial classified properties with a total assessed value - that is 50% of estimated market value - of $638,019,800, and a taxable value of $538,225,953.  Approximately one-quarter of the City's territory is tax-exempt.  Its population by the 2000 census was 6,080, and currently there are 4,762 registered voters in the City.

Photo by City Resident Charles Dawley.