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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
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John C. Calhoun
- Official name
- Calhoun County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Battle Creek
- Capital
- Marshall
- Population
- 134310
- Area
- 1861
- Shares border with
- Barry County
- Official website
- www.calhouncountymi.org
- Image
- Michigan Central Depot Post Card Battle Creek MI.jpg
- Households
- 54124
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- different from
- Calhoun County
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Calhoun County, Michigan
- Commons category
- Calhoun County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Calhoun County, Michigan
- inception
- 1829-10-19
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Calhoun County
- per capita income
- 27939
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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
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