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Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731. [8] It is the principal city of the Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of
Bedford Charter Township is a charter township located in the northwest corner of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 9,198. [3] Most of the township lies north of the Kalamazoo River and the city of Battle Creek.
Unincorporated communities within the township include Pine Creek, East Leroy, Joppa, West Leroy, Morgan Corners, and Sonoma. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 36.4 square miles (94.4 km 2 ), of which 36.0 square miles (93.2 km 2 ) is land and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km 2 ), or 1.23%, is water.
Battle Creek was first settled by Europeans in 1835. A village government was established in 1850, and the community was incorporated as a city in 1859. In 1867/68, the first city hall building was constructed, located at 25 West Michigan Avenue.
Pennfield Charter Township is a charter township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,781 at the 2020 census. [3]
Five years later, in 1959, the GSA began using facility space for other federal organizations, and by 1962, twenty-eight different agencies were housed there. The Office for Civil Defense was moved from the Battle Creek Federal Center in late 1962 and the Sixth Corps of the U.S.
It is adjacent to Battle Creek bounded by 6½ Mile Road/Main Street on the east, Golden Road on the south I-194/M-66 on the west, and Columbia Road and the Kalamazoo River on the north. Wattles Park is unincorporated community within the township, centered on Wattles Road between Michigan Avenue and I-94 at 42°18′02″N 85°06′39″W ...
Elizabeth Block (66-68 E. Michigan Avenue): Built in 1913. Commercial building (70 E. Michigan Avenue): Built in 1891-95. First Baptist Church (80 E. Michigan Avenue): Built in 1871-72. Battle Creek City Hall (103 E. Michigan Avenue): Built in 1912-14. First United Methodist Church (114 E. Michigan Avenue): Built in 1908.