Okemos, Michigan Okemos, Michigan Welcome to Okemos, Michigan sign along northbound Okemos Road Welcome to Okemos, Michigan sign along northbound Okemos Road Location of Okemos, Michigan Location of Okemos, Michigan Okemos / o k m s/ is an unincorporated improve in Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County in the U.S.
The Okemos Public Schools includes Okemos and some immediate encircling areas.
In 1859, one year following the death of Chief John Okemos (on whose treaty lands the improve was built), the region was retitled Okemos to honor the Native American chief.
The center of Okemos, referred to by many as "The Four Corners," is positioned at the intersection of Hamilton and Okemos Roads.
The American novelist James Hynes was born in Okemos in 1955.
Four Corners of Okemos, Michigan According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 16.9 square miles (44 km2), of which 16.8 square miles (44 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.8%) is water.
Chief Okemos sign at the Four Corners of Okemos, Michigan Larry Page: Co-Founder of Google, went to Montessori School in Okemos Ferguson Park , along the Red Cedar River on Okemos Road, is thought to be the meeting place where Chief Okemos and the war chiefs held their pow wows. The park is part of the earliest settlement in the region along the plank road between Detroit and the Capitol in Lansing. The Hamilton Building at 2060 Hamilton Road (near The Four Corners of Okemos), is the earliest commercial building in Okemos, and replaced the old Walker General Store, which was assembled in 1853.
Okemos Public Schools The Hope Borbas Okemos branch of the Capital Area District Library The Okemos High School Girls' Soccer Team won the 2012 Class A State Championship.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Okemos has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okemos, Michigan 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, United States Enumeration Bureau Climate Summary for Okemos, Michigan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Okemos, Michigan.
Municipalities and communities of Ingham County, Michigan, United States
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