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Wayland is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,435 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is located at the northwest corner of Wayland Township, but is politically independent. The city has also incorporated a portion of land in the south of adjacent Leighton Township.
Wayland was founded in 1837, but did not grow significantly until a plank road was constructed through what is now the historic district in 1852. Commercial activity in the center of town dates from 1854. The village was platted in 1861, and additional plats were recorded over the next decade as more inhabitants moved in.
The Shelbyville ZIP code 49344 serves the southern portion of Wayland Township as well as parts of northern Martin Township, a small area of eastern Hopkins Township and part of northeast Orangeville Township in Barry County. [8] The city of Wayland is at the northwest corner of the township, and is administratively autonomous. The Wayland ZIP ...
Allegan County (/ ˈ æ l ə ɡ ən / AL-ə-gən) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 120,502. [2] The county seat is Allegan. [3]
Location of Michigan within the United States. The following is a List of Michigan State Historic Sites.The register is maintained by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, which was established in the late 1960s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. [1]
2009 Michigan had the worst unemployment rate of any state, peaking at over 15%, due to the Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 and the Great Recession. 2010 Michigan lost 0.6% of its population since the previous census, the first decline in its population recorded by the United States Census Bureau.
Rosentreter, Roger L. Michigan: A History of Explorers, Entrepreneurs, and Everyday People (2013) Rubenstein, Bruce A. and Lawrence E. Ziewacz. Michigan: A History of the Great Lakes State (Harlan Davidson 2002) online. university textbook; Sisson, Richard, Ed. The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia (2006), 1890pp, articles by scholars.
The town of Wayland was settled in the 17th century as part of Sudbury, and was incorporated as East Sudbury [2] in 1780, and renamed Wayland in 1835. The present village center took shape beginning in 1814-15, when after much controversy, it was chosen as the site of the new town meetinghouse, replacing the town's 1726 meetinghouse.