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0627105 [3] Website. GrandRapidsMI.gov. Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [5] making it the second-largest city in Michigan, after Detroit.
The Norton Mound group was the center of Hopewellian culture in that area, from ca. 400 B.C. to A.D. 400. These mounds were probably constructed in the first century AD. [3] The name "Norton Mounds" comes from Captain A.N. Norton, who owned this property in the 1800s. [4] The mounds were first excavated in 1874 by W. L. Coffinbury.
Description. Heritage Hill is adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids and is the city's oldest residential district. Its 1,300 homes date from 1843 and represent Michigan's largest and finest concentration of nineteenth and early twentieth-century houses. Nearly every style of American architecture, from Greek Revival to Prairie is represented.
City. Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Medical Mile [1] is a designated area within the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It began with medical-related development in the Hillside District of Grand Rapids, bordering both sides of Michigan Street. More than a decade later it encompasses an area five times larger, expanding east further down Michigan St ...
Website. www .jbzoo .org. John Ball Zoo is located on the west side of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. The John Ball Zoo is situated on the ravines and bluffs along the west edge of the property. The zoo houses more than 2,000 individual animals representing over 200 different species and is a significant regional attraction.
An 1868 pictorial map of Grand Rapids. By 1838, the settlement incorporated as a village, and encompassed approximately three-quarters of a mile (1 km) . The first formal census in 1845 recorded a population of 1,510 and an area of 4 square miles (10 km 2 ). The city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9]
Reeds Lake. / 42.95; -85.60. Reeds Lake is a freshwater lake in the city of East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Formerly the site of an early-20th-century amusement park and resort popular with residents of nearby Grand Rapids, it is adjacent to the suburb's modern-day city center, and serves as a symbol for the community.
Eastown, Grand Rapids. Coordinates: 42°57′20″N 85°37′54″W. Corner of Lake Drive and Wealthy Street. Eastown is a 70 square block [1] district in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Described sometimes as the Greenwich Village of Grand Rapids, [2] it is considered a liberal oasis in a generally conservative area. [3]