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Kalamazoo (/ ˌ k æ l ə m ə ˈ z uː / KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. At the 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.
- Homer Stryker Field
Homer Stryker Field became the home of the Kalamazoo Kings...
- Kalamazoo Mall
South end of Kalamazoo Mall at Michigan Avenue. The...
- Stryker Corporation
Stryker Corporation is an American multinational medical...
- Kalamazoo-Portage
The Kalamazoo–Portage Metropolitan Area is a United States...
- Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Kalamazoo County (/ ˌ k æ l ə m ə ˈ z uː / KAL-ə-mə-ZOO) is...
- Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or...
- Homer Stryker Field
- You called It What?
- Native American Origin
- Founding Name
Kalamazoo. The word is smooth, rhythmic, almost musical. So what exactly does it mean? What is the story behind the name? Welcome to one of the most popular yet least understood subjects in this southwest Michigan city. Even with its obvious Indian roots, the exact origins of the word “Kalamazoo” remain shrouded in mystery. The truth will probably ...
French and English maps in the first decades of the nineteenth century use variations of the name “Marame” to identify the river that flows through the eastern edge of the city. An atlas published in 1823, five years before any white settlement in this area, changes the name to “Kikalemazo,” the first appearance of a word similar to the one that we...
When it was first established, the city wasn’t called Kalamazoo at all. First arriving here in June 1829, Titus Bronsonrecorded the original plat for the Village of Bronson at the county Register of Deeds office in March 1831. Bronson’s eccentricity and his open denunciation against alcohol, tobacco, dancing, and card playing soon displeased and ir...
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Kalamazoo is a large city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. As of 2020, the city had a total population of 73,598. [3] Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, Haworth College of Business, and Kalamazoo College .
Kalamazoo is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. At the 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.
