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Mecosta County was first settled by African Americans in the 1860s when James Guy obtained 160 acres (0.65 km 2) in Wheatland Township, with a deed signed by Abraham Lincoln. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each settler 160 acres (0.65 km 2 ), resulting in African Americans owning 1,392 acres (5.63 km 2 ) in the area where Remus sits today.
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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 ]
Big Rapids is a city and the seat of government of Mecosta County, Michigan.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.
Mecosta vicinity July 17, 1970: Nisbett Building† 101 South Michigan Avenue Big Rapids: August 12, 1977: Old Mecosta Jail House: 220 South Warren Avenue Big Rapids: February 21, 1975: Paris Fish Hatchery: Paris Park, Northland Road (old US-131), between 22 Mile and 23 Mile roads Paris vicinity February 23, 1978: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
The township is in eastern Mecosta County, bordered to the east by Isabella County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km 2 ), of which 35.5 square miles (92 km 2 ) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2 ), or 0.56%, are water.
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