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Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area in southwestern Michigan, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020. One of Kalamazoo's most notable features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outdoor pedestrian shopping mall. The city created the mall in 1959 by closing part of Burdick Street to automobile traffic, although two of the mall's four blocks have been reopened to auto traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a large public university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a two-year community college. Name origin Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the township of Arcadia, the names of both the city and the township were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, respectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Founded in 1833 by American Baptist Churches USA, Baptist ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute, Kalamazoo is the oldest private college in Michigan. From 1840 to 1850, the institute operated as the Kalamazoo Branch of the University of Michigan. After receiving its charter from the state in 1855, the institute changed its name to Kalamazoo College. Kalamazoo is a member of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) and the Great Lakes Colleges Association. The college's sports teams are nicknamed the Hornets and compete in the NCAA Division III Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. History Kalamazoo College was founded in 1833 by a group of Baptist ministers as the Michigan and Huron Institute. Its charter was granted on April 22, 1833, the first school chartered by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Kalamazoo County ( ) is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was 261,670. The county seat is Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo County is included in the Kalamazoo–Portage, Michigan, Portage, MI Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology The name purportedly means "the mirage or reflecting river" and the original Indian name was "Kikalamazoo". History Kalamazoo County was organized in 1830, although its set off date is unknown. The village of Kalamazoo (then known as Bronson) was made the county seat in 1831. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.2%) is water. Geographic features * Kalamazoo River * Portage River (St. Joseph County, Michigan), Portage River Adjacent counties * Barry County, Michigan, Barry County – northeast * Allegan County, Michigan, Allegan County – northwest * Calhoun County, Michiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo River
The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 19, 2011 The river's watershed drains an area of approximately and drains portions of ten counties in southwest Michigan: Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jackson, Hillsdale, Kent and Ottawa. The river has a median flow of at New Richmond, upstream from its mouth at Saugatuck and Douglas. The north and south branches of the Kalamazoo River originate within a few miles of each other. The south branch begins near North Adams in Moscow Township in northeastern Hillsdale County and flows north and west through Homer before joining the north branch at the forks of the Kalamazoo River in Albion. The North Branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area
The Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area comprises a region surrounding Kalamazoo. 2015 estimates placed it as the 151st largest among similarly designated areas in the United States. 2015 estimates place the combined statistical area 85th among similarly designated areas. Definitions The Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area is a United States metropolitan area defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) consisting of Kalamazoo County in western Michigan, anchored by the cities of Kalamazoo and Portage, located in Kalamazoo. As of the 2020 census, the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had a population of 261,670. The Kalamazoo–Battle Creek–Portage Combined Statistical Area ties for 3rd largest CSA in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 524,030. The CSA combines the two population centers of Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. It includes two metropolitan areas, Kalamazoo in Kalamazoo County and Battle Creek in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) is a public community college in Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are .... Its main campus is located in Texas Charter Township, with a few other locations located in Kalamazoo. History KVCC was founded on August 1, 1966, after a meeting in which people from nine different school districts in the area voted to support and establish a new community college. The school began offering classes in 1968, consisting of 1,518 students and 47 faculty members at the time of its opening. It also became the 29th community college in Michigan when it opened. On March 1, 1967 Dale B. Lake becomes the first president of KVCC. Dr. Lake was the president of Kalamazoo Valley Community College until October 1, 1982. Marilyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalamazoo Mall
The Kalamazoo Mall, the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States, is a section of Burdick Street in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. Built for $60,000 and opened in 1959, the pedestrian mall became the first of several hundred built in the United States. The bold effort to make a downtown street car-free as a spur to urban vitality and a defense against suburbanization drew national attention to Kalamazoo, which was dubbed "Mall City". Initially, two blocks of Burdick Street were closed; a third block was added the following year and a fourth in 1975. In 1998, the southern two blocks were reopened to auto traffic, albeit a single southbound lane only. The two blocks of Burdick from Eleanor Street to W. Michigan Avenue are designated North Kalamazoo Mall; the two blocks south of W. Michigan to W. Lovell Street, South Kalamazoo Mall. Early years The mall was designed by Victor Gruen, who three years earlier had designed the country's first enclosed shopping mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. It was renamed Western Michigan University in 1957. Western is one of the eight research universities in the state of Michigan and is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university has seven degree-granting colleges, offering 147 undergraduate degree programs, 73 master's degree programs, 30 doctoral programs, and 1 specialist degree program. It is governed by an eight-member board of regents whose members are appointed by the governor of Michigan and confirmed by the Michigan Senate for eight-year terms. The university's athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Titus Bronson
Titus Bronson (November 27, 1788 – January 6, 1853) is regarded as the founder of the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was married to Sally Bronson with whom he had issue. He did business for a time selling seed potatoes. In 1829, Titus Bronson, originally from Connecticut, was the first settler to build a cabin within the present city limits. He obtained a U. S. land patent along with his brother-in-law Stephen R. Richardson for a portion of land near a salient bend of the Kalamazoo River within survey township 2 south, range 11 west of Kalamazoo County in Michigan Territory. From this land, he platted the village in 1831 and named it the 'Town of Bronson' (not to be confused with the much smaller Bronson, Michigan about 50 miles (80 km) to the south-southeast), although the plat recorded in the County office misspelled it 'Brunson'. One contemporary witness described Bronson as morally upright and generous. However, Bronson was frequently described as "eccentric" and arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 10th-largest state by population, the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. The state capital is Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Mayors Of Kalamazoo, Michigan
This is a list of mayors of the city of Kalamazoo. References {{Reflist Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are ... Mayors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Counties In Michigan
There are 83 counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The boundaries of these counties have not changed substantially since 1897. However, throughout the 19th century, the state legislature frequently adjusted county boundaries. County creation was intended to fulfill the goal of establishing government over unorganized territory, but a more important goal was encouraging settlement by surveying the land and dividing it into saleable sections. The creation of counties generally occurred in two stages. First the boundaries of a county were declared and given a name. The county appeared on maps, even though this may have been the entire extent of a county's tangible existence for several years. During this period, the as-yet–unorganized county was attached to another already organized county for administrative purposes. The legislature frequently changed the administrative attachment of these unorganized counties. Residents of such an attached county could petition the legislatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Area Code 269
Area code 269 is the telephone area code serving the southwest portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula. History ''269'' was created as a split of area code 616 on July 13, 2002. The 269 area covers roughly the lower third of 616 before the split. Frontier Communications, Frontier and AT&T are the predominant local telephone carriers. Service area Communities using ''269'' include Decatur, Michigan, Decatur, Dowagiac, Michigan, Dowagiac, Allegan, Michigan, Allegan, Battle Creek, Michigan, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo, Buchanan, Michigan, Buchanan, Paw Paw, Michigan, Paw Paw, Portage, Michigan, Portage, Otsego, Michigan, Otsego, Plainwell, Michigan, Plainwell, St. Joseph, Michigan, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Michigan, Benton Harbor, Marshall, Michigan, Marshall, Niles, Michigan, Niles, Three Rivers, Michigan, Three Rivers, Sturgis, Michigan, Sturgis, South Haven, Michigan, South Haven, Berrien Springs, Michigan, Berrien Springs, and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
