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Isabella County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 64,394. [2] Its county seat is Mount Pleasant. [3] The area was known as Ojibiway Besse, meaning "the place of the Ojibwa". [4]
Pleasant Ridge is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Pleasant Ridge is located roughly 11 miles (17.7 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,627. [4]
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.
Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships. Michigan ranks 13th among the 50 states in terms of the number of local governmental entities. The state is divided into 83 counties, and further divided into 1,240 townships, 276 cities, and 257 villages. Additionally, the ...
Michiana (/ ˌ m ɪ ʃ i ˈ æ n ə /) is a village in New Buffalo Township, Berrien County in the extreme southwest corner of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 200 at the 2020 census. [4] Michiana is also the commonly used term to describe the southwest Michigan and northwest Indiana region, hence the name "Mich-iana".
The county was created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Kanotin County, [7] and renamed Iosco County in 1843. It was administered by a succession of other Michigan counties before the organization of county government in 1857. A majority of the population was Ojibwe. The area offered shelter from tall white pines and food from the river ...
The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one. [3] The district lines were redrawn to now consist of Iosco, Ogemaw and Arenac counties in their entirety and portions of Bay, Clare and Gladwin counties.
2013 Michigan House of Representatives special election [19] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Phil Phelps: 4,894 : 63.41 : Republican: Don Pfeiffer 2,501 32.40 Libertarian: Pat Clawson 323 4.19 Total votes 7,718 : 100.00 : Democratic hold