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Sturgis is a city in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,994 at the 2010 census. The city is located at the northeast corner of Sturgis Township and at the intersection of US 12 and M-66. Sturgis is just north of the Michigan–Indiana border and the I-80/90 Indiana Toll Road. Sturgis has been assigned a ZIP ...
Sturgis Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,042 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] down from 2,261 at the 2010 census . The City of Sturgis is located at the northeast corner of the township and is administratively autonomous.
It was already labeled the Michigan–Detroit–Chicago Highway on travel maps of the time, so the paper suggested that the roadway should be renamed to create the longest street in the country. Both Chicago and Detroit had streets named Michigan Avenue, so that is what the newspaper suggested for a new name.
The county was set off and organized by the Michigan Territory legislature in 1829; it was named for the river. [1] The area is home to the oldest and largest Amish community in Michigan. [4] St. Joseph County comprises the Sturgis, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area.
The highway runs north to Sturgis through farm land where it turns east through town running concurrently with US 12 on Chicago Road. [6] As it leaves Sturgis to the north it crosses a branch of the Michigan Southern Railroad, [7] and it becomes a two-lane surface highway along Nottawa Street
The City of Sturgis has calculated that the Rally brings over $800 million to South Dakota annually. [35] The City of Sturgis earned almost $270,000 in 2011 from selling event guides and sponsorships. In 2019, the Rally generated $628,116 for local charities. [37] In 2020, the rally provided 21% of the city's annual revenue. [38]
Pre-Statehood Trails of Michigan The Sauk Trail was originally a Native American trail running through what are present-day Illinois , Indiana and Michigan in the United States. From west to east, the trail ran from Rock Island on the Mississippi River to the Illinois River near modern Peru then along the north bank of that river to Joliet ...
The Fawn River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km) [1] river in southwest Michigan and northeast Indiana in the United States. It flows into the St. Joseph River in the city of Constantine, Michigan . The headwaters rise in a series of lakes and marshes in northern Steuben County, Indiana near Pokagon State Park , where it is known as "Crooked Creek ...