Antrim County, Michigan

Antrim County
Antrim County
County
	Antrim County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
	Michigan's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 45°01′N 85°11′W / 45.01°N 85.18°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	1840 (authorized); 1863 (organized)
Named for	County Antrim
Seat	Bellaire
Largest village	Elk Rapids
Area
• Total	602 sq mi (1,560 km2)
• Land	476 sq mi (1,230 km2)
• Water	126 sq mi (330 km2) 21%
Population (2020)
• Total	23,431
• Density	50/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	https://www.antrimcounty.org/

Antrim County (/ˈæntrəm/ AN-trəm) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,431.^[2] The county seat is Bellaire.^[3] The name is taken from County Antrim in Northern Ireland.

Antrim County is home to Torch Lake, Michigan's deepest and second-largest inland lake. Torch Lake, famous for its clear and blue waters,^[4]^[5]^[6] is part of the Chain of Lakes Watershed, most of which lies within Antrim County. The county is bordered to the west by Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan.

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^ "State & County QuickFacts". US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Nace, Trevor. "Michigan's Torch Lake Looks Exactly Like The Caribbean Sea". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
^ Bingham, Emily (July 14, 2017). "Torch Lake is Michigan's own slice of the Caribbean". mlive. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
^ "How Torch Lake Stores the Rainbow". Torch Conservation Center. Retrieved March 7, 2023.