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Mecosta County is home to over 100 lakes, rivers, and streams with the Muskegon River winding its way through the county seat and largest city Big Rapids (originally named Leonard). [5] Mecosta County was set off on April 1, 1840, [6] but remained attached for administrative purposes to Kent County until 1857, when it was attached to Newaygo ...
Buildings and structures in Mecosta County, Michigan (3 C, 8 P) E. Education in Mecosta County, Michigan (1 C, 5 P) G. Geography of Mecosta County, Michigan (3 C) P.
Big Rapids Township is a charter township [4] of Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,917. [2]The city of Big Rapids is surrounded by the charter township but, like all cities in Michigan, is a completely separate jurisdiction from any townships adjacent to it.
Big Rapids, the Mecosta county seat, is 4 miles (6 km) north of Mecosta Township's northern border. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93 km 2 ), of which 34.0 square miles (88 km 2 ) are land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2 ), or 5.33%, are water. [ 1 ]
Green Township is in the northwest corner of Mecosta County, bordered to the north by Osceola County, to the west by Newaygo County, and at its northwest corner by Lake County. U.S. Route 131 crosses the west side of the township, leading south to Big Rapids and Grand Rapids, and north to Reed City and Cadillac.
The city was platted in 1871 and named for William Galloway Moorhead, a Northern Pacific Railway official and brother-in-law of financier Jay Cooke. [10] [11]The former Moorhead Armory on 5th Street South was the site of the intended concert destination for musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper before their fatal plane crash a few miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa around 1:00 ...
Morton Township is in central Mecosta County, 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Big Rapids, the county seat.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km 2), of which 33.0 square miles (85 km 2) are land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2), or 7.27%, are water. [1]
The township is in southern Mecosta County and is bordered to the south by Montcalm County. The village of Morley sits on the township's western border, extending west into Aetna Township . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Deerfield Township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93 km 2 ), of which 35.7 square miles (92 km 2 ) are land ...