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Wayland is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,435 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is located at the northwest corner of Wayland Township, but is politically independent. The city has also incorporated a portion of land in the south of adjacent Leighton Township.
Commercial activity in the center of town dates from 1854. The village was platted in 1861, and additional plats were recorded over the next decade as more inhabitants moved in. When the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad arrived in 1870, Wayland began growing much faster, capitalizing on its location between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. A number ...
Allegan County (/ ˈ æ l ə ɡ ən / AL-ə-gən) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 120,502. [2] The county seat is Allegan. [3]
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 3,013 people, 1,053 households, and 824 families residing in the township. The population density was 92.0 inhabitants per square mile (35.5/km 2).
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. Vogel, Virgil J. (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 244, 8 B&W photographs & 3 maps.
Copart would continue to grow via acquisitions and founded six new locations from July 1995 to July 1996. With locations spread coast-to-coast in the United States, Copart shifted tactics and began to procure regional and national contracts with the nation's leading insurance companies to grow a nationwide chain of facilities. [ 10 ]
Calkins Field (FAA LID: 41C) is a privately owned, public use airport located 1 mile north of Wayland, Michigan. The airport sits on 105 acres at an elevation of 740 feet. [1] [2] The airport is named for the Calkins Family, which has lived in the Wayland area for generations. The airport is located on their property. [3]
Barry was one of US President Andrew Jackson's cabinet members who were memorialized in names of ten Michigan counties, the "cabinet counties". [3] By 1839, the Territory had been admitted into the Union as Michigan State. In 1839, the Michigan State Legislature approved the organization of Barry County as an independent entity.