Interstates

• I-69
  Interstate 69
  Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas...
  
  
• I-94
  Interstate 94
  Interstate 94 is the northernmost east–west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. I-94's western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S...
  
  
• I-194
  Interstate 194 (Michigan)
  Interstate 194 is a three-mile long, north–south freeway between downtown Battle Creek and I-94 in the southern portion of the city. The Michigan Department of Transportation lists its length as long, while the Federal Highway Administration lists it at...
  
  
• I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Albion.
• I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Battle Creek.
• I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Marshall.

Michigan State Trunklines

• M-37
  M-37 (Michigan highway)
  M-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand...
  
  
• M-60
  M-60 (Michigan highway)
  M-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 . The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and...
  
  
• M-66
  M-66 (Michigan highway)
  M-66 is a north–south state trunkline highway on the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to traverse almost the entire north–south distance of the LP. It starts as a...
  
  
• M-78
  M-78 (Michigan highway)
  M-78 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is the intersection with M-66 north of Battle Creek in Pennfield Township. The roadway runs through rural farmland and the community of Bellevue as it approaches its eastern terminus at an interchange with...
  
  
• M-89
  M-89 (Michigan highway)
  M-89 is an east–west state highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from near Ganges Township to Battle Creek. M-89 passes through Allegan County, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and Calhoun County. It also briefly crosses the southwest corner of Barry County.-Route description:M-89 begins...
  
  
• M-96
  M-96 (Michigan highway)
  M-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business loops of Interstate 94 ; the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69...
  
  
• M-99
  M-99 (Michigan highway)
  M-99 is a state highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Ohio state border, where it connects to SR 15, north to Lansing where it terminates at a junction with I-496...
  
  
• M-199
  M-199 (Michigan highway)
  M-199 is a short highway in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the 3.98 mile-long road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off I-94. The eastern terminus is a junction with BL I-94 in the city of Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County. Although M-199 is nominally a "child"...
  
  
• M-227
  M-227 (Michigan highway)
  M-227 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It consists largely of a segment of old U.S. Highway 27 along the south and west sides of Marshall. The highway passes the airport and serves an industrial section of town north of the Kalamazoo River...
  
  
• M-294
  M-294 (Michigan highway)
  M-294 is a state trunkline highway in Calhoun County in the US state of Michigan. It is one of a handful of highways that was established or realigned as a result of a rationalization process initiated in 1998 during the tenure of Governor John Engler...
  
  
• M-311
  M-311 (Michigan highway)
  M-311 is a long state trunkline highway in Calhoun County in the US state of Michigan that runs from the intersection of M-60 in Burlington north to I-94 at Exit 104 in Emmett Township. It was previously an unsigned state trunkline, meaning that no reassurance markers were used to identify the...
  
  

Demographics

As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, there were 137,985 people, 54,100 households, and 36,247 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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 was 195 people per square mile (75/km²). There were 58,691 housing units at an average density of 83 per square mile (32/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 83.93% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 10.89% Black

Race (United States Census)

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 or African American

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, 0.63% Native American

Race (United States Census)

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, 1.11% Asian

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.02% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

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, 1.29% from other races

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, and 2.13% from two or more races. 3.15% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino

Race (United States Census)

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 of any race. 19.7% were of German

Germans

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, 13.9% American

United States

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, 12.9% English

English people

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 and 8.5% Irish

Irish people

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 ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.5% spoke English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and 2.6% Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 as their first language.

There were 54,100 households out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.60% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 13.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 28.30% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,918, and the median income for a family was $47,167. Males had a median income of $37,001 versus $26,464 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $19,230. About 8.10% of families and 11.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 9.00% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts,
keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

 regulations, and
participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county
board of commissioners

County commission

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 controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In
Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street
maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Calhoun County elected officials

• Prosecuting Attorney
  Prosecutor
  The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
  
  : Susan K. Mladenoff
• Sheriff
  Sheriff
  A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
  
  : Allen Byam
• County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Anne B. Norlander
• County Treasurer
  Treasurer
  A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
  
  : Ann Rosenbaum Petredean
• Drain Commissioner
  Drain commissioner
  A drain commissioner is an elected official in counties of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. In counties with a population under 12,000, the statutory duties and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are performed by the county's board of road commissioners.The office...
  
  : Larry Cortright

(information as of February 2009)

Cities, villages and townships

Cities

• Albion
  Albion, Michigan
  Albion is a city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The population was 9,144 at the 2000 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Battle Creek
  Battle Creek, Michigan
  Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
  
  
• Marshall
  Marshall, Michigan
  Marshall is a city located in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,459. It is the county seat of Calhoun County...
  
  
• Springfield
  Springfield, Michigan
  Springfield is a city in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,189...
  
  

Villages

• Athens
  Athens, Michigan
  Athens is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,111 at the 2000 census. The village is located in southern Athens Township, and is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled in 1831.-Geography:According to the United...
  
  
• Burlington
  Burlington, Michigan
  Burlington is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 405 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Homer
  Homer, Michigan
  Homer is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,851 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  
• Tekonsha
  Tekonsha, Michigan
  Tekonsha is a village in Tekonsha Township, Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Union City
  Union City, Michigan
  Union City is a village in Branch and Calhoun counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located mostly within Union Township in Branch County, it sits at the junction of the Coldwater and St. Joseph rivers; the Calhoun County portion lies within that county's Burlington Township. It is part of the...
  
   (partial)

Unincorporated

• Albion Landing
  Albion Landing, Michigan
  Albion Landing is an unincorporated community in northeastern Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Albion Landing is in Clarence Township on the southeast shore of Duck Lake at about ten miles north of Albion and about twelve miles south of Charlotte, Michigan .Albion Landing, along...
  
  
• Babcock
• Beadle Lake
• Bedford
• Bentleys Corners
• Brownlee Park
  Brownlee Park, Michigan
  Brownlee Park is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Brownlee Park is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes. The population was 2,588 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Ceresco
  Ceresco, Michigan
  Ceresco is a small unincorporated community in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Ceresco is situated on the Kalamazoo River approximately five miles west of downtown Marshall. It is on the boundary between Marshall Township and Emmett Charter Township at . Ceresco has a post office...
  
  
• Charlotte Landing

• Clarence Center
• Clarendon
• Condit
• Duck Lake
• East Leroy
  East Leroy, Michigan
  East Leroy is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Michigan, United States. East Leroy is south-southwest of Battle Creek. East Leroy has a post office with ZIP code 49051.-History:...
  
  
• Eckford
• Greenfield Park
• Joppa

• Lee Center
• Level Park
• Oak Park
• Maplehurst
• Marengo
• Old Mill Gardens
• Orchard Park
• Partello

• Pennfield
• Pine Creek
• Pine Creek Indian Reservation
• Rice Creek
• Sonoma
• Springfield Place
• Stanley Corners
• Sunrise Heights (subdivision)

• Verona
• Walnut Point
• Wattles Park
• West Leroy
• Wrights Corners

Townships

• Albion Township
  Albion Township, Michigan
  Albion Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Athens Township
  Athens Township, Michigan
  Athens Township is a civil township of southwest Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan, about 15 miles south of Battle Creek. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,571.-History:Euro-American settlers...
  
  
• Bedford Charter Township
  Bedford Charter Township, Michigan
  Bedford Charter Township is a charter township located in the northwest corner of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 9,517. Most of the township lies north of the...
  
  
• Burlington Township
  Burlington Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Burlington Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  

• Clarence Township
  Clarence Township, Michigan
  Clarence Township is a civil township located in northeast Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,032 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Clarendon Township
  Clarendon Township, Michigan
  Clarendon Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,114 at the 2000 census. The township is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Communities :...
  
  
• Convis Township
  Convis Township, Michigan
  Convis Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Eckford Township
  Eckford Township, Michigan
  Eckford Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  

• Emmett Charter Township
  Emmett Charter Township, Michigan
  Emmett Charter Township is a charter township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Fredonia Township
  Fredonia Township, Michigan
  Fredonia Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Homer Township
  Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Homer Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,010 at the 2000 census.-The First European Settlers:...
  
  
• Lee Township
  Lee Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Lee Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  

• Leroy Township
  Leroy Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Leroy Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Marengo Township
  Marengo Township, Michigan
  Marengo Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Marshall Township
  Marshall Township, Michigan
  Marshall Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,922 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Newton Township
  Newton Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Newton Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,493 at the 2000 census. The township was named after Newton, Massachusetts.-Geography:...
  
  

• Pennfield Charter Township
  Pennfield Charter Township, Michigan
  Pennfield Charter Township is a charter township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Sheridan Township
  Sheridan Township, Calhoun County, Michigan
  Sheridan Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Tekonsha Township
  Tekonsha Township, Michigan
  Tekonsha Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  

See also

• List of Michigan county name etymologies
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Michigan

External links

• Calhoun Intermediate School District
• Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Bibliography on Calhoun County
• Calhoun County courts
• Calhoun County government
• Michigan Historical Markers including text and photographs
• National Register of Historic Places
• National Register of Historic Places.com - unofficial website
• Calhoun County, Michigan History and Genealogy