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0627105 [3] Website. GrandRapidsMI.gov. Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [5] making it the second-largest city in Michigan, after Detroit.
The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2 ).
Katie Feenstra — Women's National Basketball Association player. Julius Franks — All-American college football player. Brent Gates — MLB player. Luke Glendening — NHL player. Paul G. Goebel — NFL player; naval officer; mayor of Grand Rapids. Julie Glass — roller derby and competitive speed skater. Paul Grasmanis — NFL player.
Grand Rapids is located in west central Michigan, roughly 30 miles east of Lake Michigan. The Grand River, a major state waterway, runs through the city's center. The city's population is 188,040 according to the 2010 census.
Description. Heritage Hill is adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids and is the city's oldest residential district. Its 1,300 homes date from 1843 and represent Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie is represented.
Detroit-born Louis Campau, known as the official founder of Grand Rapids, built a trading post, blacksmith shop and cabin on the banks of the Grand River in 1826. Grand Rapids became a village in 1838 and a city in 1850. The city grew through successive waves of immigration, first from Europe and then from around the world.
0627105 [3] Website. GrandRapidsMI.gov. Grand Rapids is an American city in Michigan. Located in western Michigan, nearly 200,000 people were living here in 2020. 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.
