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Calhoun County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- established 1829 , organized 1833
- Named after
- John C. Calhoun
- Seat
- Marshall
- Largest city
- Battle Creek
- Total
- 718 sq mi (1,860 km )
- Land
- 706 sq mi (1,830 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 133,408
- Density
- 190/sq mi (73.5/km )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 5th
- Website
- www .calhouncountymi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 134,310. The county seat is Marshall. The county was established on October 19, 1829, and named after John C. Calhoun, who was at the time Vice President under Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's Cabinet counties. County government was first organized on March 6, 1833. Calhoun County comprises the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calhoun County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.