West Branch
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city in Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Ogemaw
- Incorporated
- 1885 (village), 1905 (city)
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Paul Frechette
- Manager
- John Dantzer
- Total
- 1.54 sq mi (3.99 km )
- Land
- 1.54 sq mi (3.99 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 955 ft (291 m)
- Density
- 1,527.9/sq mi (589.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 26-85580
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Looking east along Houghton Avenue West Branch is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of and the largest incorporated settlement in Ogemaw County. The city had a population of 2,351 at the 2020 census, an increase from 2,139 at the 2010 census. West Branch is mostly surrounded by West Branch Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Branch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.