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.ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Mid-Michigan</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Central Michigan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula of Michigan</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_Regions.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Michigan and Mid Michigan describe the same general region of Michigan."><img alt="Central Michigan and Mid Michigan describe the same general region of Michigan." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Michigan_Regions.png/250px-Michigan_Regions.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Michigan_Regions.png/375px-Michigan_Regions.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Michigan_Regions.png 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="466" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Central Michigan and Mid Michigan describe the same general region of Michigan.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central Michigan</b>, also called <b>Mid Michigan</b>, is a region in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a <a href="/wiki/Mitten" title="Mitten">mitten</a>, and Mid Michigan corresponds roughly to <a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">the thumb</a> and palm, stretching from Michigan's eastern shoreline along <a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a> into the fertile rolling plains of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Basin" title="Michigan Basin">Michigan Basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region contains cities of moderate size, including <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a>, and the state capital of <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>. Generally Central, or "Mid", Michigan is defined by governmental organizations as an area North of Jackson,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and South of Clare.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the most part, <i>Central Michigan</i> and <i>Mid Michigan</i> are synonymous with each other, representing generally the same geographic area of Michigan. However, some definitions of <i>Central Michigan</i> and <i>Mid Michigan</i> can vary significantly, depending on one's point of reference. </p> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Lansing-East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area">Greater Lansing</a></b> area, sometimes called the <i><b>Capitol Region</b></i>, includes the area surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Capitol" title="Michigan State Capitol">state capitol</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a> and nearby <a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a>.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Midland,_and_Bay_City_metropolitan_area" title="Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area">Greater Tri-Cities</a></b> area, also called the <i><b>Great Lakes Bay Region</b></i>, is the area surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Bay" title="Saginaw Bay">Saginaw Bay</a> including the cities of <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a> and can be expanded to include <a href="/wiki/Mt._Pleasant,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Pleasant, Michigan">Mt. Pleasant</a> as well.</li> <li>The <b><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a></b> area is included in Mid Michigan, and can also be considered a part of <a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">The Thumb</a></b> is a peninsula that surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a> in the east-central area of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This area is sometimes dubbed the <i><b>Blue Water Area</b></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_definitions">Other definitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central or Mid Michigan can also include areas that are referred to as <a href="/wiki/Southern_Michigan" title="Southern Michigan">Southern Michigan</a>. This is loosely defined and can refer to a region in the south-central portion of the state characterized by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Hills" title="Irish Hills">Irish Hills</a>. The region includes the <a href="/wiki/Adrian,_Michigan" title="Adrian, Michigan">Adrian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Michigan" title="Jackson, Michigan">Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hillsdale,_Michigan" title="Hillsdale, Michigan">Hillsdale</a> areas which are also considered a part of <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Michigan" title="Southeast Michigan">Southeast Michigan</a>. </p><p>Portions of Central or Mid Michigan can overlap with portions of <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Michigan">Western Michigan</a>. For example, areas of <a href="/wiki/Montcalm_County,_Michigan" title="Montcalm County, Michigan">Montcalm County</a> could fall into both regions, with the west side of the county such as <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Michigan" title="Greenville, Michigan">Greenville</a> aligning with West Michigan, and eastern portions identifying more with Central Michigan. </p><p>Also, some areas may overlap with what is known as <a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a>. These areas, such as <a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac County</a> are along the border of the two regions and can be considered parts of both, depending on your frame of reference. </p><p>Portions of <a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a> can overlap with Central Michigan, especially the counties of <a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Michigan" title="Livingston County, Michigan">Livingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a> are statistically included in Metro Detroit however geographically lie in Mid Michigan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Michigan" title="Protected areas of Michigan">Protected areas of Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Michigan" title="Geography of Michigan">Geography of Michigan</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg/250px-Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg/375px-Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg/500px-Grand_River_overlooking_Lansing_River_Trail_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>Grand River in Lansing.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baycityatdusk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Baycityatdusk.jpg/250px-Baycityatdusk.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Baycityatdusk.jpg/375px-Baycityatdusk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Baycityatdusk.jpg/500px-Baycityatdusk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2238" data-file-height="1020" /></a><figcaption>Bay City, looking East from Veterans Memorial Park</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg/250px-Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg/375px-Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg/500px-Downtown_Flint_Michigan_taken_from_Genesee_Towers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Flint looking northwest, taken from the former Genesee Towers.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg/250px-Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg/375px-Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg/500px-Blue_Water_Bridge_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Port Huron's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_Bridge" title="Blue Water Bridge">Blue Water Bridges</a>, an important international crossing.</figcaption></figure> <p>The region includes many rivers including the <a href="/wiki/Grand_River_(Michigan)" title="Grand River (Michigan)">Grand River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Cedar_River_(Michigan)" title="Red Cedar River (Michigan)">Red Cedar River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_River" title="Saginaw River">Saginaw River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tittabawassee_River" title="Tittabawassee River">Tittabawassee River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_River" title="Shiawassee River">Shiawassee River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flint_River_(Michigan)" title="Flint River (Michigan)">Flint River</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Drainage_divide" title="Drainage divide">drainage divide</a> occurs in Central Michigan, causing the Grand River to flow west into <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_River" title="Saginaw River">Saginaw River</a> to empty into the <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Bay" title="Saginaw Bay">Saginaw Bay</a>. The terrain has rolling hills and plains with fertile soil. Agriculture dominates in the rural areas, where corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and hay are grown. The region has mostly small towns with a few cities of notable size. Most of the area is part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Lansing" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing">Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Saginaw" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw">Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_cities">Principal cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Principal cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Michigan" title="List of municipalities in Michigan">List of municipalities in Michigan</a></div> <p>Central Michigan has several cities of regional and geographic importance: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>, is the capital of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> and centrally located in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Peninsula">Lower Peninsula</a>. It is the fifth largest city in the state. The <a href="/wiki/Lansing-East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area">Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area</a> is the third largest metro area in Michigan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a> is the sixth largest city in the state and an important center for <a href="/wiki/Michigan#Economy" title="Michigan">Michigan's automotive industry</a>.</li> <li>The Tri-Cities area includes <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Midland,_and_Bay_City_metropolitan_area" title="Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area">Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area</a> is the fifth largest metro area in Michigan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counties_included">Counties included</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Counties included"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lansing_area">Lansing area</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lansing area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lansing%E2%80%93East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" title="Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area">Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton County, Michigan">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Thumb_area">The Thumb area</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Thumb area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">The Thumb</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscola_County,_Michigan" title="Tuscola County, Michigan">Tuscola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan" title="Sanilac County, Michigan">Sanilac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flint_and_Tri-Cities_area">Flint and Tri-Cities area</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Flint and Tri-Cities area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Midland,_and_Bay_City_metropolitan_area" title="Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area">Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Michigan" title="Bay County, Michigan">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_County,_Michigan" title="Isabella County, Michigan">Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Michigan" title="Midland County, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_County,_Michigan" title="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_County,_Michigan" title="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_culture">History and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Michigan has a rich and varied culture, including European farmers who settled in rural areas to work the land and ethnic minorities populating the area's urban centers to make a living in the automobile industry. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saginaw-cession.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Saginaw-cession.jpg/250px-Saginaw-cession.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Saginaw-cession.jpg/375px-Saginaw-cession.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Saginaw-cession.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption>The territorial effects of the Treaty of Saginaw.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Mid-Michigan area was predominately <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe" title="Ojibwe">Ojibwe</a> territory prior to colonization. One of the first European settlements in the region was the French <a href="/wiki/Fort_St._Joseph_(Port_Huron)" title="Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron)">Fort St. Joseph</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Port_Huron,_Michigan" title="Port Huron, Michigan">Port Huron</a> in 1686. The area that became Michigan opened up to European settlement following the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>. Later in the 1800s <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Lewis Cass</a> would negotiate the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Saginaw" title="Treaty of Saginaw">Treaty of Saginaw</a>, in which Ojibwe land was handed over to form much of present-day Mid-Michigan. The opening of the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> brought vast numbers of settlers to the region, as population started growing northward from Ohio. The first settlers to the area cleared the land for the <a href="/wiki/Lumber" title="Lumber">lumber</a> industry. Forests of <a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">the Thumb</a> and Saginaw Valley provided much of the lumber to feed the growing United States. The convenient access to transportation provided by the <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_River" title="Saginaw River">Saginaw River</a> and its numerous tributaries fueled a massive expansion in population and economic activity. As the trees were being cut down in the region, logs were floated down the rivers to sawmills located in Saginaw, destined to be loaded onto ships and later railroad cars. <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a> was also a lumber boom town, with the city turning lumber into carriages and wagons, which would later give way to the automobile industry. </p><p>Michigan became a state in 1837, with the State Capitol in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> until the winter of 1847 when the state constitution required that the capital be moved from <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> to a more central and safer location in the interior of the state. Many were concerned about Detroit's proximity to <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>-controlled <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, which had captured Detroit in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. The United States had recaptured the city in 1813, but these events led to the dire need to have the center of government relocated away from hostile <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British territory</a>. There was also concern with Detroit's strong influence over Michigan politics, being the largest city in the state as well as the capital city.<sup id="cite_ref-Yesterdays_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yesterdays-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unable to publicly reach a consensus because of constant political wrangling, the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State House of Representatives">Michigan House of Representatives</a> privately chose the Township of Lansing out of frustration. When announced, many present openly laughed that such an insignificant settlement was now the capital city of Michigan. Two months later, Governor <a href="/wiki/William_L._Greenly" title="William L. Greenly">William L. Greenly</a> signed into law the act of the legislature officially making <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Lansing Charter Township, Michigan">Lansing Township</a> the state capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Yesterdays_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yesterdays-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Persons of <a href="/wiki/European_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="European ethnic groups">European</a> ancestry have formed the overwhelming majority of the population since the late 19th century. Farmers, mostly of <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_people" title="Ulster Scots people">Scots-Irish</a> immigrants, many of whom arrived from <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. Other settlers of the same ancestry migrated from eastern states such as <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, as well as from New England. After the land had been lumbered off, farming dominated the rural landscape of Central Michigan. Corn, soy beans, navy beans, and sugar beets are now commercially grown in these areas today. Later 19th- and 20th-century residents included <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> immigrants who migrated from Europe through the <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> area. Many of the customs, much of the regional lifestyle, and even the local accent, strongly reflect these origins. <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_County,_Michigan" title="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw County</a>, in particular <a href="/wiki/Frankenmuth,_Michigan" title="Frankenmuth, Michigan">Frankenmuth</a>, is such an example of Bavarian Culture in Mid-Michigan. On the eastern edge of the region, a large Canadian influence can be found in <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair County</a> where Canadian culture and language has become integrated cities along the Canada–US border. <a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron County</a> in the Thumb has a heritage of Polish ancestry, while <a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a> is known for its Irish roots. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olds2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Olds2.jpg/220px-Olds2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Olds2.jpg/330px-Olds2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Olds2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="495" /></a><figcaption>Ransom Eli Olds, the founder and namesake of Oldsmobile.</figcaption></figure> <p>The state's economy underwent a transformation at the turn of the 20th century. Many individuals, including <a href="/wiki/Ransom_E._Olds" title="Ransom E. Olds">Ransom E. Olds</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Dodge" title="John Francis Dodge">John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Horace_Elgin_Dodge" title="Horace Elgin Dodge">Horace Dodge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Leland" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Leland">Henry Leland</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Dunbar_Buick" title="David Dunbar Buick">David Dunbar Buick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bourne_Joy" title="Henry Bourne Joy">Henry Joy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brady_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Brady King">Charles King</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a>, provided the concentration of engineering know-how and technological enthusiasm to start the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_automobile" title="History of the automobile">birth of the automotive industry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Lansing, <a href="/wiki/Olds_Motor_Vehicle_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Olds Motor Vehicle Company">Olds Motor Vehicle Company</a> was founded in August 1897. The company went through many changes, including a buyout, between its founding to 1905 when founder <a href="/wiki/Ransom_E._Olds" title="Ransom E. Olds">Ransom E. Olds</a> started his new <a href="/wiki/REO_Motor_Car_Company" title="REO Motor Car Company">REO Motor Car Company</a>, which would last in Lansing for another 70 years. In Flint, <a href="/wiki/William_C._Durant" title="William C. Durant">William C. Durant</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Buick" title="Buick">Buick</a> became the largest manufacturer of automobiles by 1908. In 1908, Durant founded <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Corporation">General Motors</a>, filing incorporation papers in New Jersey, with headquarters in Flint. GM moved its headquarters to Detroit in the mid-1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durant lost control of GM twice during his lifetime. On the first occasion, he befriended <a href="/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet">Louis Chevrolet</a> and founded <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a>, which was a runaway success. He used the capital from this success to buy back share control. Flint would later be the site of the GM and <a href="/wiki/United_Auto_Workers" title="United Auto Workers">United Auto Workers</a> <a href="/wiki/Flint_sit-down_strike" title="Flint sit-down strike">Flint sit-down strike</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HDow1888.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/HDow1888.jpg/220px-HDow1888.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/HDow1888.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Herbert Henry Dow, the founder of Dow Chemical.</figcaption></figure><p> In 1897, Canadian-born chemist <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dow" title="Herbert Henry Dow">Herbert Henry Dow</a>, who invented a new method of extracting the <a href="/wiki/Bromine" title="Bromine">bromine</a> that was trapped underground in <a href="/wiki/Brine" title="Brine">brine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland, Michigan</a> formed <a href="/wiki/Dow_Chemical" class="mw-redirect" title="Dow Chemical">Dow Chemical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-invent_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-invent-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dow originally sold only <a href="/wiki/Bleach" title="Bleach">bleach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Potassium_bromide" title="Potassium bromide">potassium bromide</a>, and has since expanded to be the third largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_chemical_producers" title="List of largest chemical producers">chemical producer</a> in the world. </p><p>Beginning in the late 1960s, urban areas including Flint, Saginaw, and Lansing experienced a large amount of <a href="/wiki/Deindustrialization" title="Deindustrialization">deindustrialization</a> and subsequent depopulation and <a href="/wiki/Urban_decay" title="Urban decay">urban decay</a>. As auto jobs were sent elsewhere, rates of crime, unemployment and poverty increased. Initially, this took the form of "<a href="/wiki/White_flight" title="White flight">white flight</a>" that afflicted many urban industrialized American towns and cities. This decline was exacerbated by the <a href="/wiki/1973_oil_crisis" title="1973 oil crisis">1973 oil crisis</a> and the U.S. auto industry's subsequent loss of market share to imports. The result meant white families moved to the suburbs, with leaving large <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">hispanic</a> and <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> populations in the urban centers. In Lansing, recent <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a>, the placement of refugees,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and international students attending Michigan State have made the <a href="/wiki/Lansing%E2%80%93East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" title="Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area">Greater Lansing</a> a very culturally diverse area. </p><p>Michigan remains a leading auto-producing state in the U.S., with the industry primarily located throughout the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Ontario, Canada">Ontario, Canada</a>, and the Southern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-NAM_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAM-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan typically ranks third or fourth in overall <a href="/wiki/Research_%26_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Research & development">Research & development</a> (R&D) expenditures in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-MEDC1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEDC1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSF_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSF-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mid-Michigan is home to one of the state's leading research institutions, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State University</a> which makes up the <a href="/wiki/University_Research_Corridor" title="University Research Corridor">University Research Corridor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-University_Research_Corridor_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-University_Research_Corridor-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michigan's public universities attract more than $1.5 B in research and development grants each year.<sup id="cite_ref-Bruns_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruns-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded in 1855 in <a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a> as the nation's first <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_institution" class="mw-redirect" title="Land-grant institution">land-grant institution</a>, Michigan State University has been a pioneer in research and the cultural center of Mid-Michigan. The university has made significant contributions in agriculture and pioneered the studies of <a href="/wiki/Packaging" title="Packaging">packaging</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_management_studies" title="Hospitality management studies">hospitality business</a>, <a href="/wiki/Botany" title="Botany">plant biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supply_chain_management" title="Supply chain management">supply chain management</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_therapy" title="Music therapy">music therapy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Communication_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Communication sciences">communication sciences</a>. Michigan State frequently ranks among the top 30 public universities in the United States and the top 100 research universities in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinconning_Straw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Pinconning_Straw.jpg/220px-Pinconning_Straw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Pinconning_Straw.jpg/330px-Pinconning_Straw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Pinconning_Straw.jpg/440px-Pinconning_Straw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Straw bales in an area field.</figcaption></figure> <p>Central Michigan's economy is primarily <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobile</a> manufacturing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major crops grown in this region include <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_beets" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar beets">sugar beets</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Soy_beans" class="mw-redirect" title="Soy beans">soy beans</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Sugar_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Sugar Company">Michigan Sugar Company</a>, which is a cooperative owned by 1,250 farmers, operates factories in Bay City, Caro, Croswell, and Sebewaing.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Livestock and <a href="/wiki/Dairy" title="Dairy">dairy</a> farms also make up the agricultural landscape of Central Michigan. <a href="/wiki/Koegel_Meat_Company" title="Koegel Meat Company">Koegel Meat Company</a> is headquartered in Flint and is a major producer of sausages and processed meats. Lansing based <a href="/wiki/Quality_Dairy_Company" title="Quality Dairy Company">Quality Dairy Company</a> is a major producer of <a href="/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">milk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream">ice cream</a> in the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial">Financial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Financial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest financial institution in the region is Detroit- headquartered <a href="/wiki/TCF_Financial_Corporation" title="TCF Financial Corporation">TCF Financial Corporation</a>, which is also the second largest Michigan-based bank. <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Republic_Bancorp" title="Citizens Republic Bancorp">Citizens Republic Bancorp</a> was formerly headquartered in Flint, and has since been acquired by <a href="/wiki/FirstMerit_Corporation" title="FirstMerit Corporation">FirstMerit Corporation</a>, which has been sold to Ohio's <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington Bank">Huntington Bank</a>. Grand Rapids-based <a href="/wiki/Independent_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Bank">Independent Bank</a> has a large presence in the region as well. Regional banks and credit unions also exist throughout Central Michigan. One of those is <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Federal_Credit_Union" title="Michigan State University Federal Credit Union">Michigan State University Federal Credit Union</a> which is the largest university-based credit union in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg/220px-Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg/330px-Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg/440px-Michigan_State_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Capitol" title="Michigan State Capitol">Michigan State Capitol</a> in Lansing.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since Lansing is the State Capitol, the number one employer in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Lansing" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Lansing">Greater Lansing</a> area is the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Michigan">State of Michigan</a>, either with the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" title="Michigan Legislature">Michigan Legislature</a>, court system, or executive agencies. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Police" title="Michigan State Police">Michigan State Police</a> is headquartered in Lansing, and formerly called East Lansing Home. MSP also has regional posts in Mt. Pleasant, Bay City, Caro, Flint, and Lapeer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/McLaren_Health_Care_Corporation" title="McLaren Health Care Corporation">McLaren Health Care Corporation</a> is a major employer in the region, as a non-profit operating nine hospitals in the state. McLaren is headquartered in Flint and has hospitals in <a href="/wiki/McLaren_Flint" title="McLaren Flint">Flint</a>, <a href="/wiki/McLaren%E2%80%93Greater_Lansing_Hospital" title="McLaren–Greater Lansing Hospital">Lansing</a>, Lapeer, Bay City, Mt. Pleasant, and Port Huron. </p><p>Other major healthcare corporations include <a href="/wiki/Sparrow_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Sparrow Health System">Sparrow Health System</a> in Lansing, <a href="/wiki/Hurley_Medical_Center" title="Hurley Medical Center">Hurley Medical Center</a> in Flint, Covenant Hospital in Saginaw, and Lake Huron Medical Center in Port Huron. Furthermore, the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_College_of_Human_Medicine" title="Michigan State University College of Human Medicine">Michigan State University College of Human Medicine</a> has locations across the region, as does the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Michigan Health System">University of Michigan Health System</a>. Under the name <a href="/wiki/MidMichigan_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="MidMichigan Health">MidMichigan Health</a>, U of M operates hospitals in Clare, Gladwin, Alma, and Midland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insurance">Insurance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Insurance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Michigan, specifically the Greater Lansing area, is home to many statewide and national <a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Insurance in the United States">insurance companies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Auto-Owners_Insurance" title="Auto-Owners Insurance">Auto-Owners Insurance</a> is headquartered in Delta Township and is the largest such company headquartered in the state. In downtown <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>, workers compensation insurance company <a href="/wiki/Accident_Fund" title="Accident Fund">Accident Fund</a> has its headquarters. Founded in Jackson but having headquarters in Lansing, <a href="/wiki/Jackson_National_Life" title="Jackson National Life">Jackson National Life</a> is a life insurance company serving 49 states. Smaller insurer Frankenmuth insurance has its headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Frankenmuth,_Michigan" title="Frankenmuth, Michigan">Frankenmuth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>General Motors operates the <a href="/wiki/Flint_Truck_Assembly" title="Flint Truck Assembly">Flint Truck Assembly</a> factory in Flint and Powertrain plants in Flint, Bay City, and Saginaw. Until 2004, Mid-Michigan (specifically <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_MI" class="mw-redirect" title="Lansing, MI">Lansing</a>) was also known for being the location of the main <a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile" title="Oldsmobile">Oldsmobile</a> plant for <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>. The plant is now <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Grand_River_Assembly" title="Lansing Grand River Assembly">Lansing Grand River Assembly</a>. GM also operates <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Delta_Township_Assembly" title="Lansing Delta Township Assembly">Lansing Delta Township Assembly</a> in Eaton County. </p><p>The world headquarters of Nexteer Automotive, a car parts supplier, is located in Saginaw. S.C. Johnson and Son has a manufacturing facility in Bay City making Ziploc products. The <a href="/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Company" title="Dow Chemical Company">Dow Chemical Company</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dow_Corning" title="Dow Corning">Dow Corning</a> have their world headquarters in Midland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power_generation">Power generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Power generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Michigan" title="Wind power in Michigan">Wind power in Michigan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_(8473).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg/220px-Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg/330px-Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg/440px-Wind_turbines_in_Tuscola_County_Michigan_%288473%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>One of many wind farms in the region.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/CMS_Energy" title="CMS Energy">CMS Energy</a>'s subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Consumers_Energy" title="Consumers Energy">Consumers Energy</a> and <a href="/wiki/DTE_Energy" title="DTE Energy">DTE Energy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Edison" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Edison">Detroit Edison</a> both have a presence in this region and provides much of the electrical power for the lower peninsula of Michigan. CMS operates the Karn-Weadock facility in <a href="/wiki/Essexville,_Michigan" title="Essexville, Michigan">Essexville</a>, and DTE has plants in <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Beach,_Michigan" title="Harbor Beach, Michigan">Harbor Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Township,_St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="Greenwood Township, St. Clair County, Michigan">Greenwood Township</a>, and two plants in <a href="/wiki/East_China_Township,_Michigan" title="East China Township, Michigan">East China</a> (<a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Power_Plant" title="St. Clair Power Plant">St. Clair Power Plant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belle_River_Power_Plant" title="Belle River Power Plant">Belle River Power Plant</a>). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lansing_Board_of_Water_%26_Light" title="Lansing Board of Water & Light">Lansing Board of Water & Light</a> has several of its own generating plants in the Greater Lansing area, and the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Cogeneration_Venture" title="Midland Cogeneration Venture">Midland Cogeneration Venture</a> is a partnership in Midland. </p><p>Renewable energies, specifically <a href="/wiki/Wind_farms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind farms">wind farms</a> are also a rising form of electricity generation in this region. The counties of <a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuscola_County,_Michigan" title="Tuscola County, Michigan">Tuscola</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron</a> are home to many large wind farms. In Lapeer County, <a href="/wiki/DTE_Energy" title="DTE Energy">DTE Energy</a> owns the largest <a href="/wiki/Photovoltaic_power_station" title="Photovoltaic power station">solar farm</a> in Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_trade_corridor">International trade corridor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: International trade corridor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>I-69 International Trade Corridor</b> is a strategic commercial gateway between the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ontario,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Ontario, Canada">Ontario, Canada</a>, with multi-modal transportation infrastructure that offers a wide range of distribution options. The I-69 International Trade Corridor Next Michigan Development Corporation (NMDC) offers economic incentives to growing businesses, both existing and new, that utilize two or more forms of transportation to move their products and are located within the territory of the NMDC. The I-69 International Trade Corridor Next Michigan Development Corporation is the largest in the state of Michigan with 35 municipal partners.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Constituent counties of the trade corridor are: <a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_County,_Michigan" title="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a> Counties.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also <a href="/wiki/Southern_Michigan" title="Southern Michigan">Southern Michigan</a> for colleges not listed</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg/220px-Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg/330px-Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg/440px-Beaumont_Tower_10_2007_BR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="2796" /></a><figcaption>Beaumont Tower on <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State">Michigan State</a>'s campus.</figcaption></figure> <p>Major educational institutions in Central Michigan include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a> in Mount Pleasant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State University</a> in East Lansing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_College_of_Law" title="Michigan State University College of Law">Michigan State University College of Law</a> in East Lansing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansing_Community_College" title="Lansing Community College">Lansing Community College</a> in Lansing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Michigan_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Michigan Community College">Mid Michigan Community College</a> in Harrison and Mt. Pleasant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mott_Community_College" title="Mott Community College">Mott Community College</a> in Flint</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood_University" title="Northwood University">Northwood University</a> in Midland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County_Community_College" title="St. Clair County Community College">St. Clair County Community College</a> in Port Huron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_College" title="Alma College">Alma College</a> in Alma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivet_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivet College">Olivet College</a> in Olivet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Valley_State_University" title="Saginaw Valley State University">Saginaw Valley State University</a> in University Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Cooley_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas M. Cooley Law School">Thomas M. Cooley Law School</a> (the nation's largest) is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan%E2%80%93Flint" title="University of Michigan–Flint">University of Michigan–Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_College_(Michigan)" title="Delta College (Michigan)">Delta College</a> in University Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettering_University" title="Kettering University">Kettering University</a> in Flint</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_College" title="Baker College">Baker College</a> (throughout different areas of Michigan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davenport_University" title="Davenport University">Davenport University</a> (throughout different areas of Michigan)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Lansing_State_Journal" title="Lansing State Journal">Lansing State Journal</a></i> is the sole daily newspaper published in metropolitan Lansing, and is owned by <a href="/wiki/Gannett" title="Gannett">Gannett</a>, which also owns <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_Herald" title="The Times Herald">The Times Herald</a></i> in Port Huron and <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Flint_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint Journal">Flint Journal</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is available in the Flint and Lapeer areas and is published four times a week. Editions of the <i><a href="/wiki/Bay_City_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay City Times">Bay City Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Midland_Daily_News" title="Midland Daily News">Midland Daily News</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Saginaw News">Saginaw News</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are available in the greater <a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities_(Michigan)" title="Tri-Cities (Michigan)">Tri-Cities</a> area. The <i>Times</i> and the <i>Saginaw News</i> published three times a week, while the <i>Midland Daily News</i> publishes daily. <i>The Great Lakes Bay Edition</i>, a joint publication between the <i>Saginaw News</i> and the <i>Bay City Times</i>, focuses on those two cities, as well as Midland, and publishes once a week. The <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst Corporation</a> owns the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Daily_News" title="Midland Daily News">Midland Daily News</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Huron_Daily_Tribune" title="Huron Daily Tribune">Huron Daily Tribune</a>. Mount Pleasant is served by a daily newspaper called <i>The Morning Sun</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Detroit_News" title="The Detroit News">The Detroit News</a></i> are available throughout the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region is served by multiple radio stations. For a complete listing of stations, see one of the following markets: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lansing-East_Lansing_Radio" title="Template:Lansing-East Lansing Radio">Lansing Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Flint_Radio" title="Template:Flint Radio">Flint Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Saginaw-Bay_City-Midland_Radio" title="Template:Saginaw-Bay City-Midland Radio">Greater Tri-Cities</a> including Saginaw, Bay City, and Midland.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Thumb_Radio" title="Template:Thumb Radio">Thumb Area</a> including Port Huron, Sandusky, and Lapeer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:South_Central_Michigan_Radio" title="Template:South Central Michigan Radio">South Central Michigan</a> including Jackson, Adrian, and Hillsdale.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Central_Michigan_Radio" title="Template:Central Michigan Radio">North Central Michigan</a> including Mt. Pleasant, Caddilac, and Alma.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcast_television">Broadcast television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Broadcast television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Television in the Central Michigan area varies from market to market. Availability of stations depends on the reception of aerial signals, as well as availability of cable and satellite in a particular area. In some areas of the region, broadcasts from all three markets can be received over the air. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lansing_TV" title="Template:Lansing TV">Lansing/Jackson Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay_City_TV" title="Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay City TV">Flint/Tri-Cities Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Northern_Michigan_TV" title="Template:Northern Michigan TV">Cadillac / Traverse City Market</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Durand_Union_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Durand_Union_Station.jpg/220px-Durand_Union_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Durand_Union_Station.jpg/330px-Durand_Union_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Durand_Union_Station.jpg/440px-Durand_Union_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Durand_Union_Station" title="Durand Union Station">Durand Union Station</a>, the crossroads for Michigan's railroads.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scheduled airline service is offered from Lansing <a href="/wiki/Capital_Region_International_Airport" title="Capital Region International Airport">Capital Region International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Airline service is also available from <a href="/wiki/MBS_International_Airport" title="MBS International Airport">MBS International Airport</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland, Michigan</a> and Flint <a href="/wiki/Bishop_International_Airport" title="Bishop International Airport">Bishop International Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other portions are proximate to <a href="/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford_International_Airport" title="Gerald R. Ford International Airport">Gerald R. Ford International Airport</a>, east of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo/Battle_Creek_International_Airport" title="Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport">Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railroads">Railroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Railroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Passenger rail is provided by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> and has stations in East Lansing, Durand, Flint, Lapeer, and Port Huron on its <a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_(train)" title="Blue Water (train)">Blue Water</a> line. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Central_Railroad" title="Great Lakes Central Railroad">Great Lakes Central Railroad</a> is a regional railroad operating from Petoskey to Ann Arbor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a> owns a major line between Detroit and Grand Rapids, passing through Lansing. It also owns a line from Toledo to Flint, and another south of Port Huron.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">Grand Trunk Western Railroad</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian National">Canadian National</a> system has a busy line between Port Huron and Chicago, passing through Flint, Durand, and Lansing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Michigan_Railroad" title="Mid-Michigan Railroad">Mid-Michigan Railroad</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Genesee_%26_Wyoming" title="Genesee & Wyoming">Genesee & Wyoming</a> and operating in the Alma area.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Huron_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Huron and Eastern Railway">Huron and Eastern Railway</a> is also owned by Genesee and Wyoming and has lines north of Durand branching into the Thumb.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_State_Railway" title="Lake State Railway">Lake State Railway</a> serves each of the Tri Cities and stretches into Northern Michigan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transit">Transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority" title="Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority">Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_Area_Transit" title="Blue Water Area Transit">Blue Water Area Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Area_Transportation_Authority" title="Capital Area Transportation Authority">Capital Area Transportation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Mass_Transportation_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint Mass Transportation Authority">Flint Mass Transportation Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trails" title="Indian Trails">Indian Trails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Transit_Authority_Regional_Services" title="Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Services">Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Services</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System" title="Michigan State Trunkline Highway System">trunkline</a> routes throughout the Mid-Michigan area: </p> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/24px-I-69.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/36px-I-69.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/48px-I-69.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_69_in_Michigan" title="Interstate 69 in Michigan">I-69</a> from Port Huron to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a>, connecting Flint and Lansing.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/24px-I-75.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/36px-I-75.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/48px-I-75.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_75_in_Michigan" title="Interstate 75 in Michigan">I-75</a> is a major artery connecting the Tri-Cities with Flint and Detroit.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/I-475.svg/30px-I-475.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/I-475.svg/45px-I-475.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/I-475.svg/60px-I-475.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_475_(Michigan)" title="Interstate 475 (Michigan)">I-475</a> business route to downtown <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/I-675.svg/30px-I-675.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/I-675.svg/45px-I-675.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/I-675.svg/60px-I-675.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_675_(Michigan)" title="Interstate 675 (Michigan)">I-675</a> business route to downtown <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/I-94.svg/24px-I-94.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/I-94.svg/36px-I-94.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/I-94.svg/48px-I-94.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_94_in_Michigan" title="Interstate 94 in Michigan">I-94</a> from Port Huron to Chicago via Detroit, Jackson, and Battle Creek.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/I-96.svg/24px-I-96.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/I-96.svg/36px-I-96.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/I-96.svg/48px-I-96.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_96" title="Interstate 96">I-96</a> from Grand Rapids to Detroit via Lansing.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/I-496.svg/30px-I-496.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/I-496.svg/45px-I-496.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/I-496.svg/60px-I-496.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_496" title="Interstate 496">I-496</a> (R.E. Olds Freeway) in the Lansing area.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/US_10.svg/24px-US_10.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/US_10.svg/36px-US_10.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/US_10.svg/48px-US_10.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_10_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 10 in Michigan">US 10</a> an east–west route between <a href="/wiki/Ludington,_Michigan" title="Ludington, Michigan">Ludington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a>, connecting multiple communities in between.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/24px-US_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/36px-US_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/48px-US_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_23_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 23 in Michigan">US 23</a> co-signed with I-75 through much of the region.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_127.svg/30px-US_127.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_127.svg/45px-US_127.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_127.svg/60px-US_127.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_127_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 127 in Michigan">US 127</a> comes from the south, through <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>, and ends its 758-mile-long (1,220 km) journey at Grayling. It directly connects <a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a> (and the <a href="/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge" title="Mackinac Bridge">Mackinac Bridge</a> via I-75) to Lansing, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> (all the way down to <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a> US 127 is the direct link between the state capital in Lansing and the <a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham County</a> seat in <a href="/wiki/Mason,_Michigan" title="Mason, Michigan">Mason</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-13.svg/24px-M-13.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-13.svg/36px-M-13.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-13.svg/48px-M-13.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-13_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-13 (Michigan highway)">M-13</a> runs roughly the same route as I-75 in the Genesee County/Shiawassee County border, the Saginaw County/Genesee County border then into Bay County</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/M-15.svg/24px-M-15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/M-15.svg/36px-M-15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/M-15.svg/48px-M-15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-15_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-15 (Michigan highway)">M-15</a> runs north and south through Genesee County and Tuscola County and terminates in <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-20.svg/24px-M-20.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-20.svg/36px-M-20.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/M-20.svg/48px-M-20.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-20_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-20 (Michigan highway)">M-20</a> is an east–west highway connection <a href="/wiki/Mt._Pleasant,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Pleasant, Michigan">Mt. Pleasant</a> with <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-21.svg/24px-M-21.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-21.svg/36px-M-21.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/M-21.svg/48px-M-21.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-21_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-21 (Michigan highway)">M-21</a> runs east and west, roughly the same route as I-69 in Genesee County and is a direct east–west route connecting <a href="/wiki/St._Johns,_Michigan" title="St. Johns, Michigan">St. Johns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan" title="Owosso, Michigan">Owosso</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/M-24.svg/24px-M-24.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/M-24.svg/36px-M-24.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/M-24.svg/48px-M-24.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-24_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-24 (Michigan highway)">M-24</a> runs north and south in Lapeer County and Tuscola County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-25.svg/24px-M-25.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-25.svg/36px-M-25.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-25.svg/48px-M-25.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-25_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-25 (Michigan highway)">M-25</a> is a highway of an arc-like shape closely following the outline of the Thumb along the Lake Huron/Saginaw Bay shoreline between Port Huron and Bay City.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is generally a scenic drive.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/M-43.svg/24px-M-43.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/M-43.svg/36px-M-43.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/M-43.svg/48px-M-43.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-43_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-43 (Michigan highway)">M-43</a> is a highway in southwestern and central Michigan from <a href="/wiki/South_Haven,_Michigan" title="South Haven, Michigan">South Haven</a> to <a href="/wiki/Webberville,_Michigan" title="Webberville, Michigan">Webberville</a>. is east–west surface route nearly bisects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan latitudinally.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/M-46.svg/24px-M-46.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/M-46.svg/36px-M-46.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/M-46.svg/48px-M-46.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-46_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-46 (Michigan highway)">M-46</a>— a cross peninsular road, running across the entire mitten including the thumb—from <a href="/wiki/Port_Sanilac,_Michigan" title="Port Sanilac, Michigan">Port Sanilac</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a> shore; through Saginaw near <a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Bay" title="Saginaw Bay">Saginaw Bay</a>; and then on to <a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a> shore. This east-west surface route nearly bisects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan latitudinally.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/M-52.svg/24px-M-52.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/M-52.svg/36px-M-52.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/M-52.svg/48px-M-52.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-52_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-52 (Michigan highway)">M-52</a> is a north–south highway connecting <a href="/wiki/Webberville,_Michigan" title="Webberville, Michigan">Webberville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perry,_Michigan" title="Perry, Michigan">Perry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owosso,_Michigan" title="Owosso, Michigan">Owosso</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Michigan" title="St. Charles, Michigan">St. Charles</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-53.svg/24px-M-53.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-53.svg/36px-M-53.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/M-53.svg/48px-M-53.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-53_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-53 (Michigan highway)">M-53</a> (Van Dyke Road) is a gateway route to the Thumb of Michigan, carrying vacationers to the resorts and cottages on Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron in the vicinity of Caseville and Port Austin. It goes up the middle of the Thumb, and directly connects in <a href="/wiki/Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Macomb County, Michigan">Macomb County, Michigan</a> to the M-53 expressway.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/M-54.svg/24px-M-54.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/M-54.svg/36px-M-54.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/M-54.svg/48px-M-54.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-54_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-54 (Michigan highway)">M-54</a> Dort Highway, a main road leading into Flint running roughly the same route as <a href="/wiki/Interstate_475_(Michigan)" title="Interstate 475 (Michigan)">I-475</a>, then follows I-75 to Birch Run</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>More comprehensive lists are available at individual cities, villages, etc. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lansing">Lansing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Lansing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cash" title="Jim Cash">Jim Cash</a> - Screenwriter <i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gun" title="Top Gun">Top Gun</a></i> and other successful films</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Hartmann" title="Thom Hartmann">Thom Hartmann</a> - <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">radio talk-show</a> host & author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Hilbert" title="Andy Hilbert">Andy Hilbert</a> - <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a> hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)" title="John Hughes (filmmaker)">John Hughes</a> - <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">film director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> - <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> basketball star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Kron" title="Lisa Kron">Lisa Kron</a> - <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre</a> actress & <a href="/wiki/Playwright" title="Playwright">playwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhsin_Muhammad" title="Muhsin Muhammad">Muhsin Muhammad</a> - <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> football star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ransom_E._Olds" title="Ransom E. Olds">Ransom E. Olds</a> - Automobile Manufacturer; founded <a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile" title="Oldsmobile">Olds Motor Vehicle Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Page" title="Larry Page">Larry Page</a> - co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>.com</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Raymer" title="Greg Raymer">Greg Raymer</a> - 2004 <a href="/wiki/World_Series_of_Poker" title="World Series of Poker">World Series of Poker</a> champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Reynolds" title="Burt Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a> - actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Seagal" title="Steven Seagal">Steven Seagal</a> - actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a> - <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> star and 1996 <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> winner</li> <li>Jim "Soni" Sonefeld - drummer & <a href="/wiki/Percussionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussionist">percussionist</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hootie_%26_The_Blowfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Hootie & The Blowfish">Hootie & The Blowfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Stabenow" title="Debbie Stabenow">Debbie Stabenow</a> - U.S. Senator - began political career in <a href="/wiki/Ingham_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingham County">Ingham County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> - singer, attended the Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing (Born and raised in Saginaw, MI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a> - <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> activist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tri-Cities_and_Flint">Tri-Cities and Flint</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Tri-Cities and Flint"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a> - filmmaker, screenwriter, author, journalist, actor, and left-wing political activist from Davison.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Allman" title="Bob Allman">Bob Allman</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> player (1936) (Bay City Central HS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Anneke" title="Emil Anneke">Emil Anneke</a> – German <a href="/wiki/Forty-Eighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Forty-Eighter">Forty-Eighter</a> and US politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Armstrong_(actor)" title="Robert Armstrong (actor)">Robert Armstrong</a> (1890–1973) - actor, best known for starring role in <i><a href="/wiki/King_Kong_(1933)" class="mw-redirect" title="King Kong (1933)">King Kong</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolf_Armstrong" title="Rolf Armstrong">Rolf Armstrong</a> (1889–1960) – painter and pin-up artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Arnold" title="Edmund Arnold">Edmund Arnold</a> – father of modern <a href="/wiki/News_design" title="News design">news design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Avis" title="Warren Avis">Warren Avis</a> – founder of <a href="/wiki/Avis_Rent_A_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Avis Rent A Car">Avis Rent A Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Auer" title="Howie Auer">Howie Auer</a> — <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> player (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Barcia" class="mw-redirect" title="James A. Barcia">James A. Barcia</a> – <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives">state representative</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State Senate">state senator</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bautell" title="Gary Bautell">Gary Bautell</a> – military radio broadcaster with the <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Network" title="American Forces Network">American Forces Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Birney" title="James G. Birney">James G. Birney</a> (1792–1857) - presidential candidate 1844 and 1848 <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Party_(United_States,_1840)" title="Liberty Party (United States, 1840)">Liberty Party</a>, a founder of Bay City</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Born" title="Ruth Born">Ruth Born</a> (1925–) - <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_B._Bradley" title="Nathan B. Bradley">Nathan B. Bradley</a> - first mayor of Bay City, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State Senate">state senator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Brandt" title="Betsy Brandt">Betsy Brandt</a> - actress, <i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Bad" title="Breaking Bad">Breaking Bad</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Michael_J._Fox_Show" title="The Michael J. Fox Show">The Michael J. Fox Show</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a> – singer, actress, member of the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, Grammy and Golden Globe award winner, was born in Bay City; she grew up in <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Hills,_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan">Rochester Hills, Michigan</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spoke_Emery" title="Spoke Emery">Spoke Emery</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Esch" title="Eric Esch">Eric Esch</a> – <a href="/wiki/Super_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Heavyweight Champion">Super Heavyweight Champion</a> boxer, kickboxer, and martial artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Evans_(American_football)" title="Troy Evans (American football)">Troy Evans</a> (b.1977) – NFL linebacker, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Garrels" title="John Garrels">John Garrels</a> – silver and bronze Olympic medal winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_M._Green" title="Sanford M. Green">Sanford M. Green</a>, Michigan jurist and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Gust" title="Ernie Gust">Ernie Gust</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Hammond" title="Harriet Hammond">Harriet Hammond</a> (1899–1991) - silent-film actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Bill Hewitt</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> 1932–1936, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> 1937–1939, <a href="/wiki/Phil-Pitt_Steagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil-Pitt Steagles">Phil-Pitt Steagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Izykowski" title="Alex Izykowski">Alex Izykowski</a> – <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a> bronze medalist in <a href="/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating" class="mw-redirect" title="Short track speed skating">short track speed skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Jablonski" title="Edward Jablonski">Edward Jablonski</a> (1923–2004) - author, music archivist and aviation-aerial warfare historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kanicki" title="Jim Kanicki">Jim Kanicki</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> 1960–62 (Bay City Central HS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Kavanagh" title="Thomas G. Kavanagh">Thomas G. Kavanagh</a> - Michigan Supreme Court justice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_LaFrance" title="Bruce LaFrance">Bruce LaFrance</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tantric_(band)" title="Tantric (band)">Tantric</a> musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_List_(serial_killer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John List (serial killer)">John List</a> – mass murderer<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jason "The Michigan Kid" Lynch – professional billiards trick-shot artist<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>George <a href="/wiki/Kid_Lavigne" title="Kid Lavigne">Kid Lavigne</a> – boxer, world lightweight champion 1896, and inductee of <a href="/wiki/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Boxing Hall of Fame">International Boxing Hall of Fame</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_McDermott_(speed_skating)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry McDermott (speed skating)">Terry McDermott</a> – 500m speed skating gold medalist in <a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a> <a href="/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics" title="1964 Winter Olympics">1964 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGraw_(merchant)" title="John McGraw (merchant)">John McGraw</a> – businessman, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Wenona,_Michigan" title="Wenona, Michigan">Wenona, Michigan</a>, now part of Bay City, <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_McVey" title="Tyler McVey">Tyler McVey</a> (1912–2003) - actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thumb_area">Thumb area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Thumb area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a> - Inventor and entrepreneur settled in Port Huron from 1854 to 1863.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_H._Shaw" title="Brewster H. Shaw">Brewster H. Shaw</a> - retired <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> colonel and former <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> astronaut from Cass City.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murphy" title="Frank Murphy">Frank Murphy</a> - Detroit mayor, Michigan governor, U.S. Attorney General and Justice of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> born in Harbor Beach.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_de_Angeli" title="Marguerite de Angeli">Marguerite de Angeli</a>, children's book author, <a href="/wiki/Newbery_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Newbery Award">Newbery Award</a> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Knight" title="Terry Knight">Terry Knight</a>, singer, DJ, manager, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Knight_and_the_Pack" title="Terry Knight and the Pack">Terry Knight and the Pack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Funk_Railroad" title="Grand Funk Railroad">Grand Funk Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Long" title="Jake Long">Jake Long</a>, offensive lineman, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Nichols" title="Terry Nichols">Terry Nichols</a>, accomplice in the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing" title="Oklahoma City bombing">Oklahoma City bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Slater_(hockey_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Slater (hockey player)">Jim Slater</a>, hockey player <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Thrashers" title="Atlanta Thrashers">Atlanta Thrashers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obadiah_Gardner" title="Obadiah Gardner">Obadiah Gardner</a> - US Senator for Maine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_McMillan" title="Terry McMillan">Terry McMillan</a> - Award-winning author of <i><a href="/wiki/Waiting_to_Exhale" title="Waiting to Exhale">Waiting to Exhale</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/How_Stella_Got_Her_Groove_Back" title="How Stella Got Her Groove Back">How Stella Got Her Groove Back</a></i></li> <li>Gabriel Rheaume - Writer - <i>The Shores We Walk</i>, from Deckerville.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Michigan" title="List of counties in Michigan">List of counties in Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula of Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Michigan&action=edit&section=34" 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title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Michigan" title="Mount Pleasant, Michigan">Mount Pleasant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lansing%E2%80%93East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" title="Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area">Greater Lansing area</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton County, Michigan">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flint and <a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Midland,_and_Bay_City_metropolitan_area" title="Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area">Tri-Cities area</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Michigan" title="Bay County, Michigan">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_County,_Michigan" title="Isabella County, Michigan">Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Michigan" title="Midland County, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_County,_Michigan" title="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_County,_Michigan" title="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">The Thumb</a> area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscola_County,_Michigan" title="Tuscola County, Michigan">Tuscola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan" title="Sanilac County, Michigan">Sanilac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bad_River_(Michigan)" title="Bad River (Michigan)">Bad River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_River_(St._Clair_River_tributary)" title="Black River (St. Clair River tributary)">Black River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_River_(Michigan)" title="Cass River (Michigan)">Cass River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_River_(Michigan)" title="Chippewa River (Michigan)">Chippewa River</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_(train)" title="Blue Water (train)">Amtrak <i>Blue Water</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_International_Airport" title="Bishop International Airport">Bishop International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Water_Bridge" title="Blue Water Bridge">Blue Water Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Region_International_Airport" title="Capital Region International Airport">Capital Region International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSX_Saginaw_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX Saginaw Subdivision">CSX Saginaw Subdivision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">Grand Trunk Western Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MBS_International_Airport" title="MBS International Airport">MBS International Airport</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Upper Peninsula of Michigan">Upper Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Country" title="Copper Country">Copper Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_Range" title="Gogebic Range">Gogebic Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Central Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michiana" 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title="Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan">Bloomfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Michigan" title="Canton, Michigan">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_Township,_Michigan" title="Chesterfield Township, Michigan">Chesterfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan">Clinton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_Township,_Michigan" title="Commerce Township, Michigan">Commerce Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan" title="Dearborn, Michigan">Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Heights,_Michigan" title="Dearborn Heights, Michigan">Dearborn Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington_Hills,_Michigan" title="Farmington Hills, Michigan">Farmington Hills</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Livonia,_Michigan" title="Livonia, Michigan">Livonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_Township,_Michigan" title="Macomb Township, Michigan">Macomb Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Meridian Charter Township, Michigan">Meridian Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novi,_Michigan" title="Novi, Michigan">Novi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_Township,_Michigan" title="Orion Township, Michigan">Orion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan">Pittsfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage,_Michigan" title="Portage, Michigan">Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redford,_Michigan" title="Redford, Michigan">Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Hills,_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan">Rochester Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Michigan" title="Roseville, Michigan">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak,_Michigan" title="Royal Oak, Michigan">Royal Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan">Saginaw Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan" title="St. Clair Shores, Michigan">St. Clair Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Shelby Charter Township, Michigan">Shelby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southfield,_Michigan" title="Southfield, Michigan">Southfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Heights,_Michigan" title="Sterling Heights, Michigan">Sterling Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor,_Michigan" title="Taylor, Michigan">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Michigan" title="Troy, Michigan">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Michigan" title="Warren, Michigan">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterford_Township,_Michigan" title="Waterford Township, Michigan">Waterford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bloomfield_Township,_Michigan" title="West Bloomfield Township, Michigan">West Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland,_Michigan" title="Westland, Michigan">Westland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Michigan" title="Wyoming, Michigan">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti Charter Township, Michigan">Ypsilanti Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Michigan" title="List of counties in Michigan">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcona_County,_Michigan" title="Alcona County, Michigan">Alcona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alger_County,_Michigan" title="Alger County, Michigan">Alger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegan_County,_Michigan" title="Allegan County, Michigan">Allegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpena_County,_Michigan" title="Alpena County, Michigan">Alpena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraga_County,_Michigan" title="Baraga County, Michigan">Baraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_County,_Michigan" title="Barry County, Michigan">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Michigan" title="Bay County, Michigan">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benzie_County,_Michigan" title="Benzie County, Michigan">Benzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Michigan" title="Berrien 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href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_County,_Michigan" title="Emmet County, Michigan">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_County,_Michigan" title="Gogebic County, Michigan">Gogebic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale_County,_Michigan" title="Hillsdale County, Michigan">Hillsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Houghton County, Michigan">Houghton</a></li> <li><a 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