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Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731. [8] It is the principal city of the Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Battle Creek, Steam press of the Review and herald office, 1861, ISBN 978-1-4255-1008-4 – via HathiTrust; Compilation of the charter and ordinances of the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, Press of Gage printing co., 1908 – via HathiTrust
BATTLE CREEK — A few Battle Creek entrepreneurs are receiving a financial boost thanks to a grant program offered by 3Eye Technologies. Seeking to be a contributor to positive change in the ...
Battle Creek was first settled by Europeans in 1835. A village government was established in 1850, and the community was incorporated as a city in 1859. In 1867/68, the first city hall building was constructed, located at 25 West Michigan Avenue.
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It is adjacent to Battle Creek bounded by 6½ Mile Road/Main Street on the east, Golden Road on the south I-194/M-66 on the west, and Columbia Road and the Kalamazoo River on the north. Wattles Park is unincorporated community within the township, centered on Wattles Road between Michigan Avenue and I-94 at 42°18′02″N 85°06′39″W ...
The central part of Battle Creek was first platted in 1836, and this section became the site of some of the earliest development in the settlement. The first stores and initial commercial section was just west of the present City Hall Historic District, but the first house in Battle Creek was likely located within the bounds of the district.
It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan; the Kalamazoo River empties into Lake Michigan. The river's drainage basin is approximately 196,750 acres (796.2 km 2 ) and covers northern Calhoun County , southern Eaton County , and southeastern Barry County in southwest Michigan.