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M-6, or the Paul B. Henry Freeway, is a 19.7-mile-long (31.7 km) east–west freeway and state trunkline highway in the United States that serves portions of southern Kent and eastern Ottawa counties south of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In June 2008, the Frederick Meijer Trail (Then called The M-6 Trail) was built along the M-6 freeway that connects the Paul Henry-Thornapple Rail Trail with Kent Trails. [2] In 2009, a six-mile stretch of the trail from Grand Rapids to Byron Township was repaved and widened from 8 feet to 10 feet.
Byron Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 26,927 at the 2010 census, [4] an increase from 20,317 at the 2010 census. [5] Byron Township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just southwest of the city of Grand Rapids.
It is on the west side of the Grand River in the southwest corner of the township and extends west into Alpine Township. [7] [8] [9] Northview is a census-designated place and unincorporated community within the township. It is located between the boundaries with Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Township, Comstock Park, and Belmont.
Grand Rapids Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 18,905 at the 2020 census. [2] The township is bordered by Grand Rapids to the west and East Grand Rapids to the southwest, but the township is administered autonomously.
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 ...
Kentwood is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 54,304 as of the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the northwest by Grand Rapids and is the third most-populated municipality in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.
The Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids As of the 2010 United States census , [ 22 ] there were 602,622 people living in the county. 76.1% were non-Hispanic White , 10.2% Black or African American , 2.4% Asian , 0.7% Native American , 4.5% of some other race and 2.6% of two or more races . 9.7% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).