Dowagiac, Michigan Dowagiac, Michigan Location of Dowagiac, Michigan Location of Dowagiac, Michigan Dowagiac (/d w d k/ d -wah-jak) is a town/city in Cass County in the U.S.
Dowagiac is situated at the corner of four townships: Wayne Township to the northeast, La - Grange Township to the southeast, Pokagon Township to the southwest, and Silver Creek Township to the northwest.
It was incorporated as a village in 1863 and as a town/city in 1877. Dowagiac attained national consideration in June 1964 after police began investigating multiple reports of what became known as the Dewey Lake Monster. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.54 square miles (11.76 km2), of which 4.46 square miles (11.55 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. Dowagiac Woods Nature Sanctuary, generally referred to as Dowagiac Woods, a 235 acres (0.95 km2) woods positioned in Cass, is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Michigan's exceptional natural surroundings and extraordinary and endangered plants and animals.
The Dowagiac River flows from the stream which rises as the "Dowagiac Drain" in central Decatur Township in southern Van Buren County, Michigan.
It is joined first by the "Red Run" and then by the "Lake of the Woods Drain" near the southern edge of Hamilton Township, it becomes the "Dowagiac River" before entering into Wayne Township in Cass County.
North of the town/city of Dowagiac, the river passes through the "Dowagiac Swamp".
Just west of Dowagiac, the river is joined by its principal tributary, the "Dowagiac Creek".
The town/city of "Dowagiac" is also mentioned in the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film, "North by Northwest" at 1:04:15 into the film as a destination read by the overhead announcer in the train station.
The town/city of "Dowagiac" is phonetically spelled "DOW WAH JAKK" scrolling on the stock ticker in the 2013 Martin Scorcese film, "The Wolf of Wall Street" at 00:01:03 as a list of stocks. There were 2,674 housing units at an average density of 599.6 per square mile (231.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 73.5% White, 14.3% African American, 3.0% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 2.4% from other competitions, and 6.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,337 homeholds of which 36.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 34.6% were married couples living together, 22.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 32 years.
29.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 22.3% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,631 housing units at an average density of 655.2 per square mile (252.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 76.95% White, 15.63% African American, 2.02% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 1.59% from other competitions, and 3.24% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,421 homeholds out of which 32.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples living together, 18.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,926, and the median income for a family was $33,443.
About 14.3% of families and 17.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.6% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.
See also: Dowagiac Municipal Airport One of the earliest dial-a-ride services in Michigan, Dowagiac DART began service in June 1975 with a three bus fleet.
The service is provided to the improve of Dowagiac with service extended out to Southwest Michigan College.
The building has been preserved and is carefully maintained by the City of Dowagiac.
See also: Dowagiac (Amtrak station) Dowagiac is served by Amtrak trains with daily service to Chicago and Detroit.
Dowagiac is served by the Dowagiac Union School District, consisting of the following schools: Dowagiac Middle School Dowagiac Union High School Dowagiac is also home to Southwestern Michigan College.
Adolph Otto Niedner - custom gunsmith and wildcat cartridge inventor and Mayor of Dowagiac "Wolf of Lowe Street: Dowagiac referenced in film".
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