Owosso, Michigan Owosso, Michigan Location of Owosso, Michigan Location of Owosso, Michigan State Michigan Owosso is a town/city in Shiawassee County in the U.S.
State of Michigan.
The town/city is positioned on the easterly side of Owosso Township, but is politically autonomous.
Owosso was incorporated as a town/city in 1859 at which time it had 1000 citizens .
Owosso is served by the Shiawassee District Library branch.
Education is provided by the Owosso Public Schools, which owns the historic Lincoln School on Michigan Avenue south of M-21.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.37 square miles (13.91 km2), of which 5.23 square miles (13.55 km2) is territory and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) is water. Each year Owosso averages eleven days with temperatures below 0 F ( 18 C), and nine days with temperatures above 90 F (32 C).
Owosso averages twenty-nine inches of precipitation per year, and forty-one inches of snow.
As of the census of 2010, there were 15,194 citizens , 6,161 homeholds, and 3,779 families residing in the city.
There were 6,823 housing units at an average density of 1,304.6 per square mile (503.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.7% White, 0.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 2.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,161 homeholds of which 33.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.7% were non-families.
31.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 34.8 years.
25.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 11.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 6,724 housing units at an average density of 1,358.4 per square mile (524.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97% White, 0.20% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.80% from other competitions, and 1.10% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,340 homeholds out of which 33.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families.
29.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $32,576, and the median income for a family was $40,355.
About 10.0% of families and 13.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
The castle is now a exhibition that contains reconstructionantiques, and Curwood books, photos, and movie posters as well as memorabilia from the life of another one of Owosso's native sons: Thomas E.
Dignan was Michigan's Secretary of State from 1943-1946, after serving as a State Representative from 1937 and a State Senator from 1938 to 1942. Dewey, lawyer, author, mob-busting District Attorney of New York City, three term Governor of New York (1942, 1946, 1950), and the Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.
The tourist attraction and exhibition now known as Curwood Castle in Owosso was assembled by Curwood to serve as his writing studio, and Mount Curwood (1978 ft) in Michigan's upper peninsula was titled in his honor.
Warren Thornthwaite, Professor of Climatology at Johns Hopkins University, adjunct professor at Drexel University, President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization, co-author of the book Water Balance, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Association of American Geographers, and the Cullum Medal the highest award of the American Geographical Society.
Chester Brewer, athlete, coach and athletic director; four-sport star at University of Wisconsin, and football coach at Michigan Agricultural College/Michigan State University for 1903 to 1910, 1917 and 1919, where his squads posted shutouts in 49 of 88 games and went undefeated in 43 straight home games.
He also coached baseball, track-and-field, and cross country, and coached the school's basketball squads to a .736 record from 1904 to 1910; athletic director and coach at University of Missouri from 1910 to 1917, Director of Army Athletics for the U.
War Department amid 1918, served as director of athletics and professor of physical education from 1919 to - 1922 at MAC/Michigan State University, and held the same positions at the University of California-Davis until returning to Missouri where he served as athletics director until 1935.
Brewer also coached his home town, Owosso, Michigan's, West Side Indoor Baseball Team to win the world championship in 1905-1906. Bradlee Van Pelt, football star, quarterback for the Colorado State University Rams, set a several records there; later backup quarterback for the Houston Texans of the NFL.
Son of football star Brad Van Pelt, he was born in Owosso, but spent less than one year at Owosso High School. Brad Van Pelt, football star, three-sport athlete at Michigan State University; in football was a two-time All American, became the first defensive back to win the Maxwell Award as nation's top collegiate player; second round NFL draft pick, played 1973-1986 with New York Giants, L.A.
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