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Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital: Mecosta: Big Rapids: 49: Part of Corewell Health. Formerly Mecosta County Medical Center and Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital. Brighton Hospital: Livingston: Brighton: 41: Part of Ascension Michigan Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital: Wexford: Cadillac: 49: Level IV [6] 1911: Part of Munson Healthcare ...
People from Big Rapids, Michigan (18 P) Pages in category "People from Mecosta County, Michigan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
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.
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.
In 1867, Daniel and Mille Cummins Porter, who had arrived in Mecosta County in 1861, purchased a 120-acre farm which included the cemetery land. They eventually left the land to their foster son Aaron Morgan. In 1896, Aaron and Joanna Morgan bequeathed a half-acre parcel of land to the West Wheatland Union Cemetery Association.
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, 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 ]
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (or Bad Bird), Potawatomi chief (from Michigan) Mecosta, Potawatomi chief, for whom Mecosta County is named (born near present-day Big Rapids) John Okemos, Ojibwa chief, for whom the city of Okemos is named, signer of Treaty of Saginaw (born on Apple Island in present-day West Bloomfield)