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Muskegon
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city in and seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States
Muskegon is a city located in western Michigan that serves as the county seat of Muskegon County. As a significant population center in the region, it functions as an important administrative and economic hub for the surrounding area.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Muskegon
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Mayor
- Ken Johnson
- City manager
- Jonathan Seyferth
- City
- 18.20 sq mi (47.13 km )
- Land
- 14.14 sq mi (36.63 km )
- Water
- 4.05 sq mi (10.50 km )
- Elevation
- 628 ft (191.4 m)
- Density
- 2,709.3/sq mi (1,046.05/km )
- Metro
- 175,824
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 49440-49445
- Fips code
- 26-56320
- Website
- www .muskegon-mi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Muskegon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Muskegon County
- Population
- 38318
- Area
- 46.934852
- Elevation
- 191.4
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Muskegon County
- Official website
- www.muskegon-mi.gov
- Image
- Muskegon Michigan harbor entrance.jpg
- Households
- 13530
- Dialing code
- 231
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Muskegon, Michigan
- Commons category
- Muskegon, Michigan
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Muskegon, Michigan
- postal code
- 49445
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Muskegon, Michigan
- inception
- 1837-01-01
- P8168
- Chatou
- water as percent of area
- 21.5794
- different from
- Muskegon
- per capita income
- 17745
- twinned administrative body
- Ramallah
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Encyclopedic overview
Muskegon (/məˈskiːɡən/ mə-SKEE-gən) is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States. Situated around a harbor of Lake Michigan, Muskegon is known for fishing, sailing regattas, and boating. It is the most populous city along Lake Michigan's eastern shore. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 38,318. The city is administratively autonomous from adjacent Muskegon Township, and several locations in Muskegon Township and other surrounding townships have Muskegon addresses.
Muskegon is the center of the Muskegon metropolitan statistical area, which is coextensive with Muskegon County and had a population of 175,824 as of the 2020 census. It is also part of the larger Grand Rapids-Kentwood-Muskegon-combined statistical area.
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