Petoskey is in
Emmet County (and is the county seat), and in the
Northern Region. This community is located on the shore of
Lake Michigan, northeast of
Traverse City between
Charlevoix and
Indian River along US Highway 31 near Little Traverse Bay and Walloon Lake.
Petoskey was first named Porters Village when the first white settlers came to the area in 1865. As the settlement developed, and the railroad came through, the present name was established on December 5, 1873, and incorporated as a village in 1879. In 1896 Petoskey became a city and today it is going through some of the fastest growth in the state.
