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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 County (/ m ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / mə-KOSS-tə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 39,714. [2] The county seat is Big Rapids.
Big Rapids Township is a charter township of Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,917.. The city of Big Rapids is surrounded by the charter township but, like all cities in Michigan, is a completely separate jurisdiction from any townships adjacent to it.
M-20 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from New Era to Midland.It crosses through rural Lower Peninsula forest land between the two ends. The highway serves the college towns of Big Rapids and Mt. Pleasant, home of the main campuses of Ferris State University and Central Michigan University, both located near the trunkline.
U.S. Route 131 crosses the west side of the township, leading south to Big Rapids and Grand Rapids, and north to Reed City and Cadillac. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.6 square miles (97 km 2), of which 37.0 square miles (96 km 2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km 2), or 1.58%, are water. [1]
The Muskegon River (/ m ə ˈ s k iː ɡ ən / mə-SKEE-gən) is a 216-mile-long (348 km) [1] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.From its source at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, the river flows in a generally southwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan at the eponymous city of Muskegon.
Ferris State University (FSU or Ferris) is a public university with its main campus in Big Rapids, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1884 as Big Rapids Industrial School by Woodbridge N. Ferris and became a public institution in 1950. The university also has a satellite campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The extant business loops connect to Constantine, Three Rivers, Kalamazoo, Big Rapids, Cadillac, and Manton. The former bypass route in Grand Rapids allowed traffic to bypass that city's downtown at a time when US 131 still ran through the heart of the city, and the later business route connected through downtown while US 131 ran on a freeway ...