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Mecosta County (/ m ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / mə-KOSS-tə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 39,714. [2] The county seat is Big Rapids. [3] [4] The county is named after Chief Mecosta, the leader of the Potawatomi Native American tribe who once traveled the local waterways in search of fish ...
Big Rapids is a city and the seat of government of Mecosta County, Michigan, United States. The population was 7,727 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] down from 10,601 in 2010 . [ 5 ] The city is surrounded by Big Rapids Charter Township but they are completely separate jurisdictions.
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: August 12, 1977: Old Mecosta Jail House: 220 South Warren Avenue Big Rapids: February 21, 1975: Paris Fish Hatchery: Paris Park, Northland Road (old US-131), between 22 Mile and 23 Mile roads Paris vicinity February 23, 1978: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church: 323 South State Street Big Rapids: August 15, 1975
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 ]
Colfax Township is in central Mecosta County, with Big Rapids, the county seat, 2 miles (3 km) west of the township's western border.State highway M-20 passes through the center of the township, connecting Big Rapids to the west with Rodney on the eastern edge of the township, then continuing southeast to the village of Mecosta.
Villages in Mecosta County, Michigan (4 P) This page was last edited on 4 April 2013, at 15:58 (UTC). Text is ...
Nisbett Building (left) and Fairman Building (right), c. 1906. The Fairman Building is a three-story rectangular red brick Italianate commercial block. [3] It is located at the intersection of Maple and South Michigan, and has two main facades, with five three-bay storefronts and single-bay entryway to the upper floors on South Michigan and four three-bay storefronts on Maple.