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Dowagiac (/ d ə ˈ w ɑː dʒ æ k / də-WAH-jak) is a city in Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,721 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is part of the South Bend – Mishawaka , IN -MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area .
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The city of Dowagiac borders the township to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 34.2 square miles (88.6 km 2 ), of which 32.0 square miles (82.8 km 2 ) is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km 2 ), or 6.62%, is water. [ 4 ]
The county is named for Lewis Cass, [4] the Michigan Territorial Governor at the time the county was created in 1829. Cass later served as the United States Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, thus making a case for including Cass County as one of Michigan's "cabinet counties". [1]
LaGrange Township is located just northwest of the center of Cass County. It is bordered by the city of Dowagiac to the northwest. The village of Cassopolis, the Cass County seat, is in the southeast part of the township. The unincorporated community of LaGrange is in the center of the township, at the west end of LaGrange Lake.
Dowagiac Municipal Airport (FAA LID: C91) is a public airport owned and operated by the City of Dowagiac located 1m (1.6 km) northwest of Dowagiac, Michigan, United States. The uncontrolled airport is used for general aviation purposes.
In 2009, MDOT's survey calculated that 2,246 vehicles used the section of M-62 between Cassopolis, La Grange and Dowagiac. This was the lowest traffic count along the whole highway. [6] The third crossing of the Dowagiac is at the mouth of Mill Pond in eastern Dowagiac, where M-62 follows Division Street through downtown.
Whiteley moved his family to Dowagiac in 1915 in order to buy into and manage the Dowagiac Daily News. Harry H. Whiteley (1882–1957) used his successful Dowagiac newspaper and his position as a member of the Michigan Senate (1923–26) and the Michigan Conservation Commission (1927–48) to shape Michigan's public land policy.