County seat move is recent history

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Editor’s note: The county population continues to grow with many recent move-ins likely unaware that less than 20 years ago, the county seat was moved from Leland to Suttons Bay Township. Here’s how it happened. County seats apparently weren’t built to be moved, which makes the present “downtown” for Leelanau governmental business an anomaly. The process leading up to an election in 2004 that…

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