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Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County

Well-Known Places in Grand Blanc Township

Genesys Health Park, Creasey Bicentennial Park, IMA Brookwood Golf Club.

Grand Blanc Township Business Districts

• Holly Road Corridor
• Saginaw Road
• Hill Road
• Whigville

Major Employers in Grand Blanc Township

Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc Community Schools, Grand Blanc Township Government, Genesee Health System.

About Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County

Grand Blanc Township is a 32.7-square-mile doughnut wrapped around the small City of Grand Blanc just south of Flint, and at 39,846 residents it is Flint's largest suburb. Organized on March 9, 1833, it is the oldest unit of government in Genesee County, older than the county's cities and older than Michigan statehood itself. Its French name means "great white," left behind by fur traders who came through before 1800, and its most famous acre is the 17th green at Warwick Hills, where the PGA Tour spent half a century.

History of Grand Blanc Township

• The land was Chippewa territory. French fur traders arriving before 1800 gave it the name "Grand Blanc," meaning "great white." A competing local legend attributes the name to a large white trader named Fisher, who married into the local Native community and lived near Lake Copneconic.
• Jacob Stevens became the first settler in 1823, staking a claim along the Saginaw Trail after his original land claim near Detroit proved faulty.
• Grand Blanc families gathered at the home of Rufus Stevens to organize the Township of Grand Blanc in 1833, formally chartered by the Territory of Michigan on March 9. It was the first unit of government in what became Genesee County.

Landmarks and Places in Grand Blanc Township

• Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, opened June 1957 to a Joe Lee design, a par-72 championship layout of 7,112 yards rated 74.5 with a 136 slope.
• The Michigan Historical Marker commemorating the Buick Open, erected at Warwick Hills in 2009 at the end of the tournament's run there.
• Ascension / Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, the township's medical campus.

The Grand Blanc Township Economy

• During World War II, General Motors converted its Grand Blanc plant from automobile production to military tanks, building roughly 17,000 of them including Sherman M-4 and Patton M-48 models.
• Ascension Genesys Hospital is the township's major regional medical center and one of its largest employers. In September 2024 Ascension's Greater Flint and Metro Detroit operations transferred to Henry Ford Health through a joint venture.
• Grand Blanc Community Schools is itself a major employer, running a $140.5 million budget with 440 full-time-equivalent teachers across 13 schools for about 7,489 students (2024-25).

Community Life in Grand Blanc Township

• Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club at 9057 South Saginaw Road hosted the PGA Tour's Buick Open across 1958-1969 and 1977-2009, a run that produced champions including Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Ben Crenshaw, Fred Couples, Vijay Singh and Billy Casper.
• Since 2018 Warwick Hills has hosted the Ally Challenge on PGA Tour Champions, whose 2026 edition is the ninth. Paul Broadhurst won the first one in 2018.
• "The Concert @17" stages live music at the par-3 17th, historically ranked among the rowdiest holes on the Tour schedule. The event also runs a Community Concert, Family Fun Night, Folds of Honor Friday and adaptive golf clinics.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, www.mycitymag.com