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Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. Detroit used 05:32:11 west of Greenwich and Menominee 05:50:27 west of Greenwich. Time zones were introduced in the United States in 1883.
After the French established territories in Michigan, Jesuit missionaries and traders traveled down Lake Michigan and its tributaries. [7]In 1806, white trader Joseph La Framboise and his Métis wife, Madeline La Framboise, traveled by canoe from Mackinac Island and established the first trading post in West Michigan in present-day Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River, near what is now ...
The Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad depot opened in 1869. A post office was established on January 12, 1870, with John B. Spencer as the first postmaster. It incorporated as a village in 1873. The post office name was shortened to "Howard" on February 2, 1895, but restored to Howard City on January 19, 1899. [5]
Ada Township (/ ˈ eɪ d ə / AY-də) is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 14,388 at the 2020 census. [3]The majority of the township is included in the Forest Hills census-designated place, which is used only for statistical purposes.
Byron Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census , which is a significant increase from a population of 5,822 at the 2010 census .
Ottawa County (/ ˈ ɒ t ə w ə / OT-ə-wə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the United States 2020 Census, the population was 296,200. [1] The county seat is Grand Haven. [2]
The Grand Rapids–Wyoming Combined Statistical Area is the 2nd largest CSA in the U.S. state of Michigan (behind Metro Detroit). The CSA had a population of 1,486,055 at the 2020 census. The CSA had a population of 1,486,055 at the 2020 census.
This is a list of telephone area codes in the U.S. state of Michigan: 231 – Northwestern Lower Michigan : Traverse City, Ludington, Muskegon, Petoskey, Big Rapids and Cheboygan 248 – Northern Metro Detroit : All of Oakland County, Northville, and most of Northville Township; overlays with area code 947