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Portland is a city in Ionia County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,796 at the 2020 Census. The population was 3,796 at the 2020 Census. The city is situated in the south central portion of Portland Township and is known as the "City of Two Rivers" since it is the confluence of the Grand River and the Looking Glass River .
Plymouth Road (equivalent of 3 Mile Road, western city, suburbs) Schoolcraft Road (equivalent of 4 Mile Road, western city, suburbs) 5 Mile Road—Fenkell Avenue (in Detroit) 6 Mile Road—McNichols Avenue (in Detroit) 7 Mile Road—No other name (Ends at the curve west of Kelly Rd. Moross Avenue in Grosse Pointe is not a mile road)
Michigan metro areas. The following is a list of the metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. state of Michigan, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Shiawassee County was added to the Lansing metropolitan area in 2018; the county is included in the Lansing MSA 2010 population.
M-16 was rerouted in the Lansing area in 1925, running along Grand River Avenue from Grand Ledge to East Lansing. The former routing through Downtown Lansing on Michigan Avenue became part of M-39 and the section north of Grand Ledge was eventually redesignated M-100. A second realignment moved M-16 to follow Grand River Avenue from Ionia ...
It includes professional school counselors at the secondary and postsecondary level, college access counselors, admission and financial aid officers, and others. [ 1 ] A member-directed organization, NACAC is governed by its voting members; an Assembly of delegates elected by voting members in NACAC's state and regional affiliates and by an ...
The University of Michigan, founded in 1817–twenty years before Michigan's statehood–is the state's oldest university [1] [2] and remained the only university in the state until the 20th century, when Detroit College became the University of Detroit in 1911 and Wayne State University achieved "university" status in 1933 following the ...
Before Michigan became a state, the first land transportation corridors were the Indian trails. [13] The original Shore Trail ran roughly parallel to the route of the modern-day US 23 from the Bay City area to Cheboygan. Another section of the current highway followed the Saginaw Trail between Flint and Saginaw. [14]
At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest.