Eaton Rapids, Michigan Eaton Rapids, Michigan Location of Eaton Rapids, Michigan Location of Eaton Rapids, Michigan Eaton Rapids is a town/city in Eaton County in the U.S.
The town/city is positioned in the south of Eaton Rapids Township, on the boundary with Hamlin Township, though it is politically autonomous of both townships.
The Potawatomis established a village in the region of what is now Eaton Rapids in about 1774. The region constituting Eaton Rapids was first settled by Euro-Americans around the year 1835, mainly for the timber and water power in the area.
The following year, a sawmill was constructed near Spring Brook in Spicerville that would furnish the lumber used to start Eaton Rapids.
Frost, earning Eaton Rapids around the world fame and the nickname The Saratoga of the West. This water was in huge demand and led to a large influx of citizens seeking mineral water baths as well as cures from all types of ailment.
Came to Eaton Rapids from Philadelphia.
Davidson served as mayor of Eaton Rapids as well as in both the State House and Senate. Eaton Rapids is on the northward course of the Grand River as it flows from Jackson to Lansing, where it turns westward, at its confluence with the Spring Brook.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.51 square miles (9.09 km2), of which 3.39 square miles (8.78 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) is water. M-188 provides access from Eaton Rapids to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Home near Onondaga.
There were 2,387 housing units at an average density of 704.1 per square mile (271.9/km2).
There were 2,092 homeholds of which 36.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.7% were non-families.
30.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 34.8 years.
27.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.7% were from 25 to 44; 25.2% were from 45 to 64; and 11.1% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,168 housing units at an average density of 641.4 per square mile (247.7/km ).
There were 2,067 homeholds out of which 39.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families.
27.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,769, and the median income for a family was $48,239.
About 3.2% of families and 5.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Eaton Rapids has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eaton Rapids, Michigan "Data: 2010 Census, Michigan town/city populations".
A Brief History of Eaton Rapids Climate Summary for Eaton Rapids, Michigan Eaton Rapids Chamber of Commerce Official Eaton Rapids, City Web Site Municipalities and communities of Eaton County, Michigan, United States Charlotte Eaton Rapids Grand Ledge Lansing Olivet Potterville Bellevue Benton Brookfield Carmel Chester Eaton Rapids Eaton Hamlin Kalamo Roxand Sunfield Vermontville Walton
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