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Dowagiac (/ d ə ˈ w ɑː dʒ æ k / də-WAH-jak) is a city in Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,721 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is part of the South Bend – Mishawaka , IN -MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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The city of Dowagiac borders the township to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 34.2 square miles (88.6 km 2 ), of which 32.0 square miles (82.8 km 2 ) is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km 2 ), or 6.62%, is water. [ 4 ]
Most of Michigan's Native American-derived place names come from the languages spoken in these groups. Many places throughout the state of Michigan take their names from Native American indigenous languages. This list includes counties, townships, and settlements whose names are derived from indigenous languages in Michigan.
The county is named for Lewis Cass, [4] the Michigan Territorial Governor at the time the county was created in 1829. Cass later served as the United States Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, thus making a case for including Cass County as one of Michigan's "cabinet counties". [1]
Planning letter 294, which detailed the plan of 269's creation (PDF file) List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 269 Area Code Michigan area codes: 231 , 248/947 , 269 , 313 , 517 , 586 , 616 , 734 , 810 , 906 , 989
M-62 is an arc-shaped state trunkline highway in the southwestern part of the US state of Michigan. The highway runs from the Indiana state line north and west to M-140 in Eau Claire. In between, it serves the western Cass County communities of Dowagiac and Cassopolis. The highway was formed in the 1920s, originally as a north–south route.
Indian Lake is a lake in Cass County in southwestern Michigan in the United States. It is approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Dowagiac. It is a spring-fed lake. [2] [3] The lake was named for Indians who once settled there. [4] There are approximately 220 homes on the lake, of which a third are on leased land.