Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is an American city in Michigan. Located in western Michigan, nearly 200,000 people were living here in 2020.
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| Coordinates: 42°57′40″N 85°39′20″W / 42.96111°N 85.65556°WCoordinates: 42°57′40″N 85°39′20″W / 42.96111°N 85.65556°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| County | Kent |
| Founded | 1826 |
| Incorporated | 1838 (village) 1850 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Type | City commission |
| • Mayor | Rosalynn Bliss (D) |
| • Manager | Mark Washington |
| • Clerk | Joel Hondorp (R) |
| Area | |
| • City | 45.63 sq mi (118.19 km2) |
| • Land | 44.78 sq mi (115.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.86 sq mi (2.22 km2) 1.92% |
| Elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 198,917 |
| • Rank | US: 123rd MI: 2nd |
| • Density | 4,442.49/sq mi (1,715.26/km2) |
| • Urban | 605,666 (US: 70th) |
| • Urban density | 2,207.6/sq mi (852.3/km2) |
| • Metro | 1,150,015 (US: 51st) |
| • CSA | 1,486,055 (US: 41st) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 49501–49508, 49510, 49514–49516, 49518, 49523, 49525, 49534, 49546, 49548, 49555, 49560, 49588, 49594 |
| FIPS code | 26-34000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0627105[2] |
| Website | GrandRapidsMI.gov |
Former American president Gerald Ford grew up in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids is also the birthplace of Amway and the Meijer store chain.
Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County. It is the second largest city in the state, after Detroit. The third largest is Warren.
The city has many attractions, including the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park and John Ball Park, which is a zoo. Grand Valley State University has a campus in downtown Grand Rapids.
Many Reformed Christians from Dutch ancestry live in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Michigan Media
A sketch of Grand Rapids in 1831. The collection of houses across the river on its west side is the Baptist mission. The three buildings in the middle right are Louis Campau's trading post.
The large framed building constructed by Campau in 1834, seen in this image converted into part of the Rathbun House.
An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids
The riot police who responded to the 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers strike
Monroe Center in January 1965, with Sears, S. S. Kresge Company, Steketee's and Wurzburg's visible
The Grand Rapids metropolitan area taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite in June 2022.
A barn belonging to the Blandford School at the Blandford Nature Center in early springtime
References
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ↑ "U.S. Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2001. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
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