[3] Around 1932, Deronda "Chum" Crandall and his wife Eva began operating a gas station and a grocery store at a major highway intersection a few miles south of Traverse City.

Chum sold the business and retired in 1953, and died in Traverse City in early 1959.

[4] The community of Chums Corner was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it was given officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

[7] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km2), all land.

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