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Allegan, Michigan
Allegan (/ˈæləɡən/ AL-ə-gən) is a city in and the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan Its population was 5,222 at the 2020 census. It is located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Grand Rapids and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kalamazoo, both via US 131. It lies within Allegan Township but is administratively autonomous.
The men after whom Allegan's downtown streets were named – Elisha Ely, Samuel Hubbard, Charles Christopher Trowbridge, Pliny Cutler, and Edmund Monroe – patented land in the area in 1833. They considered the site a prime location for industry, due to its potential for water power (since it straddled the Kalamazoo River) and water bound transportation. By 1835, a dam and sawmill had been established.[citation needed]
Allegan was named in a neologism by Michigan historian Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1837 to sound like a Native American word. Land was purchased from government to form the downtown business district; village organization came in 1838 with city incorporation authorized in 1907.
In 1886, a one-lane bridge was built over the Kalamazoo River to connect limited highway M-89 to the downtown area. The bridge fell into disrepair and was going to be removed until a group of activists raised the money to restore the bridge in 1983. Now a highlight of Allegan, the one-lane bridge is used in the city logo and is considered an important part of the city.[citation needed]
In 1914, Allegan entered the automobile race car industry as the manufacturing site of Howard E. Blood and Louis Chevrolet's chain-drive Cornelian automobile. The venture was short-lived, and less than 100 Cornelians were produced.
The city has a total area of 4.26 square miles (11.03 km2), of which 3.85 square miles (9.97 km2) is land and 0.41 square miles (1.06 km2) is water.
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Allegan has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.
As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 5,222 people. The racial makeup of the city was 78.7% Non-Hispanic White, 6.5% Black or African American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% Native American, and 7.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.7% of the population.
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Allegan, Michigan
Allegan (/ˈæləɡən/ AL-ə-gən) is a city in and the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan Its population was 5,222 at the 2020 census. It is located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Grand Rapids and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kalamazoo, both via US 131. It lies within Allegan Township but is administratively autonomous.
The men after whom Allegan's downtown streets were named – Elisha Ely, Samuel Hubbard, Charles Christopher Trowbridge, Pliny Cutler, and Edmund Monroe – patented land in the area in 1833. They considered the site a prime location for industry, due to its potential for water power (since it straddled the Kalamazoo River) and water bound transportation. By 1835, a dam and sawmill had been established.[citation needed]
Allegan was named in a neologism by Michigan historian Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1837 to sound like a Native American word. Land was purchased from government to form the downtown business district; village organization came in 1838 with city incorporation authorized in 1907.
In 1886, a one-lane bridge was built over the Kalamazoo River to connect limited highway M-89 to the downtown area. The bridge fell into disrepair and was going to be removed until a group of activists raised the money to restore the bridge in 1983. Now a highlight of Allegan, the one-lane bridge is used in the city logo and is considered an important part of the city.[citation needed]
In 1914, Allegan entered the automobile race car industry as the manufacturing site of Howard E. Blood and Louis Chevrolet's chain-drive Cornelian automobile. The venture was short-lived, and less than 100 Cornelians were produced.
The city has a total area of 4.26 square miles (11.03 km2), of which 3.85 square miles (9.97 km2) is land and 0.41 square miles (1.06 km2) is water.
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Allegan has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.
As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 5,222 people. The racial makeup of the city was 78.7% Non-Hispanic White, 6.5% Black or African American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% Native American, and 7.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.7% of the population.
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