Parchment
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human settlement in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Kalamazoo
- Type
- City commission
- Mayor
- Robert Britigan III
- Vice mayor
- Tom Jordan
- Manager
- Nancy Stoddard
- Total
- 0.94 sq mi (2.43 km )
- Land
- 0.92 sq mi (2.38 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 774 ft (236 m)
- Density
- 2,093.48/sq mi (808.30/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 26-62340
- Gnis feature id
- 0634353
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Parchment
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kalamazoo County
- Population
- 1926
- Area
- 2.420576
- Elevation
- 236
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Kalamazoo River
- Official website
- www.parchment.org
- Households
- 814
- Dialing code
- 269
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- inception
- 1909-01-01
- P8168
- Strossmayer Square
- water as percent of area
- 1.478
- per capita income
- 28541
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Parchment is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census recorded a population of 1,926. The name is derived from the parchment company that used to manufacture paper on the East bank of the Kalamazoo River.
Parchment is located just northeast of the city of Kalamazoo, and it is mostly surrounded by Kalamazoo Township.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parchment” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.