Grand Blanc is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint.

The unincorporated village of Grand Blanc, or Grumlaw, was a former Indian campground first settled by Jacob Stevens in spring 1822.

[7] The township center began to boom in 1864 with the arrival of the railroad (now known as the CSX Saginaw Subdivision).

)[9] By 1916, the community (population 400) had a grade school, a private bank, flour mill, an elevator, a creamery, and two churches, the Methodist Episcopal and the Congregational.

[10] In the early morning hours of February 28th, 2024, an EF2 tornado touched down with winds reaching 115 mph, and a peak width of around 450 yards.

The warehouse was completely destroyed among other businesses and houses that received structural damage within the Indian Hill neighborhood region and Saginaw Road.

[12] In the 1970s, the Grand Blanc city, township and school district formed a joint parks and recreation department under a commission with 2 members from each entity.

[13] In 1973, Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library,[14] was built featuring approximately 45,000 books and offering a host of other materials.

A ballot question in the May 2, 2006 Genesee County general election ended governmental research into a plan to consolidate the city and township governments; 68.62% of city voters opposed consolidation efforts whereas 31.38% were in favor.

The decision was formalized in January 2020, with the township taking over the department to provide services to both municipalities.

The racial makeup of the city was 82.7% White, 13.1% African American, 1.1% Asian, and 2.2% from two or more races.