Grand Haven, Michigan Grand Haven, Michigan City of Grand Haven The Grand Haven fog signal and inner lighthouse in February 2006.
The Grand Haven fog signal and inner lighthouse in February 2006.
Location of Grand Haven inside Michigan Location of Grand Haven inside Michigan The entrance to the harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan.
Grand Haven is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Michigan and the governmental center of county of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is positioned on the easterly shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named.
As of the 2010 census, Grand Haven had a populace of 10,412.
It is part of the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area, which had a populace of 1,027,703 in 2014.
The town/city is home to the Grand Haven Memorial Airpark (3 - GM) and is positioned just north of Grand Haven Charter Township.
Residents titled the town as "Grand Haven" in 1835.
In the mid-to-late 19th century, Grand Haven advanced as a logging, lumber foundry and shipping town, as well as a ship assembly center. The town/city was served by the Grand Trunk Railway, which ran along the waterfront near the river.
Given the importance of shipping and water trade to the city, the Grand Haven Lighthouses were assembled in 1839 on the south pier, to mark the most navigable channel into the river.
George "Baby Face" Nelson and Homer Van Meter, who became notorious 1930s criminals, committed their first bank robbery at a Grand Haven bank.
Aerial view of Grand Haven State Park.
The Grand Haven port improve is an active beach resort with boating, fishing, sailing, biking, skating etc.
The town/city has over 100 miles (160 km) of bike trails, a state beach, boardwalk, two lighthouses, a pier, wharf, large charter fishing fleet and a Great Lakes port, where it imports limestone, slag, cement and coal while exporting sand.
Grand Haven is a destination point for inhabitants of inland metros/cities of West Michigan, as well as many from the other side of the state.
Grand Rapidians regularly visit to take favor of the close adjacency to the Lake Michigan beaches, State campgrounds, restaurants, bars, attractions with many even owning cottages in the region as their home away from home.
Grand Haven State Park was nationally recognized for having one of the top five beaches in the United States, by Good Morning America - Travel Mom. In summer, water temperatures do reach the low 70s F (2013 had 19 days in the 70s), bringing tens of thousands of visitors as a boon to the small-town economy.
Grand Haven is home to the United States Coast Guard's "Sector Field Office Grand Haven." After it was sunk by a U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, the people of Grand Haven raised more than $1,000,000 in bonds to build a replacement cutter bearing the same name; a several pieces of wreckage remain displayed on the city's waterfront. Grand Haven hosts the annual Coast Guard Festival, a celebration based on Coast Guard Day, which draws U.S.
Grand Haven is the only town/city officially designated as Coast Guard City, USA by an act of Congress signed by President Bill Clinton.
The Grand Haven Musical Fountain was assembled on the opposite bank of the Grand River from the town/city center in 1969.
Grand Haven, Michigan: Grand River to the right and Lake Michigan up front.
Grand Haven is the home of the Lakeshore Cougars, a semi-professional football team and a member of the Football Great Lakes Football League.
West Michigan has been called the Midwest Mecca of beach volleyball due to the character of sands. Grand Haven State Beach is one of many destinations for volleyball enthusiasts and hosts the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament throughout the summer months.
Grand Haven is also home to a golf course.
The Grand Haven Golf Club was designed in 1965 by the legendary pioneer of Michigan golf, architect Bruce Matthews Sr.
Grand Haven has been one of many technology leaders in West Michigan and throughout the country, having been featured in the nationwide media, including on ABC, in PCWorld, Computer - World and Forbes magazine. The town/city was the first municipality in the nation to feature a citywide wireless internet service. The wireless service is designed to work throughout the town/city and up to 15 miles (24 km) offshore for boaters.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.36 square miles (19.06 km2), of which 5.77 square miles (14.94 km2) is territory and 1.59 square miles (4.12 km2) is water. Grand Haven Public Schools Grand Haven High School Grand Haven Christian School US 31 runs through the town/city along a boulevard and utilizes a drawbridge over the Grand River at the northern town/city limit.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The region is served by the daily journal Grand Haven Tribune, headquartered in Grand Haven.
The median home cost in Grand Haven is $180,700.
Grand Haven's cost of living is 6.10% lower than the U.S.
71.55% of the registered voters of Grand Haven are registered Republican, 27.64% Democrats, and the remaining 0.8% are autonomous.
Grand Haven enhance schools spend $6,588 per student, while the average school expenditure in the U.S.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools It manages its own fire and police departments and is the locale of the lakeshore's power source, Grand Haven Board of Light and Power.
Al Capone, continuing gangster, assumed to have owned a safe home in Grand Haven Tom Izzo, current Michigan State Spartans Basketball coach, owns a home and spends his summers in Grand Haven Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Haven, Michigan "Surf - Grand - Haven.com -Grand Haven Weather - Grand Haven Surf Cam - Grand Haven Info - Grand Haven Services - Grand Haven Businesses - Water Temperature".
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