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Kent County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 657,974, [2] making it the fourth most populous county in Michigan, and the largest outside of the Detroit area. Its county seat is Grand Rapids. [3] The county was set off in 1831, and organized in 1836. [1]
The Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849, was the nation's first state fair. It was held in various locations throughout Michigan until 1904, when Joseph L. Hudson formed the State Fair Land Company, acquired 135 acres of land at this site, and deeded it to the Michigan Agricultural Society. The 1905 Michigan State Fair was held on this site.
The first official Michigan State Fair was held in 1849 in Detroit, Michigan. The first state fair had been held on October 1, 1839 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was moved to Detroit in 1849. [1] Subsequent Michigan state fairs were held in other cities until 1905, when it received what was its permanent home for decades at the Michigan State ...
Kent Intermediate School District (KISD) is an Educational Service Agency in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The KISD provides services to twenty local public districts and to all non-public schools within its boundaries. Directly or indirectly, Kent ISD serves almost 400 schools, more than 120,000 students and 7,000 educators. [2]
This is a list of municipalities of all types (including cities, towns, and villages) in the United States that lie in more than one county (or, in the case of Louisiana, in more than one parish). Counties are listed in descending order of the county's share of the municipal population per the 2000 census .
The Michigan State Fair, the oldest state fair in the United States, was held here until 2009. The coliseum has also been the long-time venue of Detroit performances by the Shrine Circus . Between 1999 and 2008, the Coliseum was home to the Wayne State University Warriors ice hockey team .
The Ionia Free Fair (IFF) is what is said to be the world's largest free-admission fair, hosted annually in July. The Fair was established in 1915 and takes place in Ionia, Michigan at the fairgrounds near the city center. [1] [2] [3] It brings in hundreds of thousands of attendees annually, with an estimated 400,000 guests in 2023. [3] [4]
The Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition (MMPC) is an annual high school mathematics competition held in Michigan.First founded in 1958, the competition has grown to include over 10,000 high school participants (although middle-schoolers may also participate through a high school).