St. Ignace is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Mackinac County. The city had a population of 2,452 at the 2010 census. St. Ignace Township is located just to the north of the city, but the two are administered autonomously.. St. Ignace is located along Lake Huron in the Upper Peninsula on the northern side of the Straits of Mackinac.

St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan.It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,365.It lies on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, about 90 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Chicago.

In 1816, the New Hampshire state legislature passed a bill intended to turn privately owned Dartmouth College into a publicly owned university with a Board of Trustees appointed by the governor. The board filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the legislation. The suit alleged that the college enjoyed the right to contract and the government changing that contract was …

Traverse City (locally / ˈ t r æ v ər s / TRAV-ərs) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County.It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 15,678 at the 2020 census, with 153,448 in the Traverse City micropolitan area.

Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˌ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-SAINT-mə-REE) is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 13,337 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populated city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette.It is the central city of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of ...

On his death in 1873, Johns Hopkins, a Quaker entrepreneur and childless bachelor, bequeathed $7 million (approximately $156.3 million today adjusted for consumer price inflation) to fund a hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time, this donation, generated primarily from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was the largest philanthropic gift in the history of the United …

Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit.Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combined statistical area population of 1,383,918.

St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa.It is the largest city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County).

Adrian was founded on June 18, 1826 by Addison Comstock. The original name for the village was Logan, but was changed soon after to Adrian, perhaps in reference to the Roman emperor Hadrian. The first operating railroad in Michigan was a horse-drawn train running between Adrian and Toledo in 1836. Adrian grew quickly, with the sixth largest population in the state when …

Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census, down from 7,624 at the 2010 census.It is the county seat of Dickinson County, in the state's Upper Peninsula.Iron Mountain was named for the valuable iron ore found in the vicinity.. Iron Mountain is the principal city of the Iron Mountain, MI-WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, …