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Branch County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- October 29, 1829 (created), 1833 (organized)
- Named after
- John Branch
- Seat
- Coldwater
- Largest city
- Coldwater
- Total
- 520 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Land
- 506 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 2.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 45,993
- Density
- 91/sq mi (35/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- https://branchcounty.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Branch
- Official name
- Branch County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Coldwater
- Capital
- Coldwater
- Population
- 44862
- Area
- 1345
- Shares border with
- Kalamazoo County
- Official website
- co.branch.mi.us
- Image
- Lanphere-Pratt House.jpg
- Households
- 16716
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- Commons category
- Branch County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Branch County, Michigan
- inception
- 1829-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Branch County, Michigan
- water as percent of area
- 2.6
- native label
- Branch County
- per capita income
- 25754
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Encyclopedic overview
Branch County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,862. The county seat is Coldwater. One of the "cabinet counties", it was named for John Branch, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Andrew Jackson. The county was founded in 1829, and was organized in 1833. Branch County comprises the Coldwater, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Branch County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.