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Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census . [4] Wyoming is the second most-populated community in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is bordered by Grand Rapids on the northeast.
The Wyoming Township Police Department was formed on December 12, 1941 and continued to use constables. [2] Wyoming Township employed three full-time constables known as the "Wyoming Cowboys" that were stationed at the temporary township hall on Burton and Godfrey. [2] The first police car was a Ford V8 that was purchased in January 1942 for ...
History. The Godwin Heights Public Schools system was founded in 1867 by Augustus Godwin, in what was then known as Wyoming Township, Michigan. The school district is located primarily in the city of Wyoming, Michigan, and consists of six buildings; one for administration and five for schools.
The Union Pacific Railroad played a central role in the European colonization of the area. Wyoming would become a U.S. territory in 1868. It was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1869 (although it was then still a territory). Wyoming would become a U.S. state on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area , which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combined statistical area population of 1,383,918.
Opened. May 19, 1950; 73 years ago. ( 1950-05-19) Years active. 1950-present. Audience in parking lot. Ford-Wyoming Drive-In is a drive-in theater located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1950, it features five screens. The property previously had nine, leading it to be declared the largest drive-in theater in the world.
Kelloggsville High School. Kelloggsville High School is a public high school located in Wyoming, Michigan, on 4787 Division Ave. SW. It is part of the Kelloggsville Public Schools district. Its principal is James Alston. Its feeder school is the middle school . It has an alternative high school called 54th Street Academy .
Most of Michigan's Native American-derived place names come from the languages spoken in these groups. Many places throughout the state of Michigan take their names from Native American indigenous languages. This list includes counties, townships, and settlements whose names are derived from indigenous languages in Michigan.