Saugatuck, Michigan Saugatuck, Michigan Location of Saugatuck, Michigan Location of Saugatuck, Michigan Saugatuck is a town/city in Allegan County in the U.S.
The town/city is inside Saugatuck Township, but is administratively autonomous.
Originally a lumber town and port, Saugatuck, along with the adjoining town/city of Douglas, became a noted art colony and tourist destination in the Arts and Crafts boss of the late 19th century.
Today, tourists are drawn to the art arcades, harbor, marinas, scenery, unusual stores, the view from up on Mount Baldhead, and tourist attractions as well as Oval Beach on Lake Michigan, which appreciates a around the world reputation. Nearby are Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Allegan State Game Area as is the town/city of Holland.
In 1836 the council gave Kalamazoo, formerly known as Bronson with respect to Titus Bronson, its current name. Thus the improve was retitled after the township current name, Newark. The first postmaster suggested the name of Saugatuck for the postal service, and this name was taken when Saugatuck was incorporated as a village in 1868 by the County Board of Supervisors.
The Saugatuck and Ganges Phone Company was formed for the village in 1893-1894. In 1968, a hundred years after incorporation as a village, Saugatuck incorporated as a city. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.47 square miles (3.81 km2), of which 1.18 square miles (3.06 km2) is territory and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km2) is water. Saugatuck Village Hall Saugatuck's major source of revenue stems from tourism: although only about 1,000 individuals call Saugatuck their year-round home, the populace of the town swells to nearly 3,000 in the summer.
Saugatuck is a prime summer weekend getaway destination for inhabitants of Chicago, Grand Rapids and Detroit areas, some thriving by the many bed and breakfasts in the area.
In 2010, Saugatuck came in fourth in Budget Travel magazine's ten coolest suburbs in America. The Star of Saugatuck, a large paddle-wheel boat, gives daily tours of the Kalamazoo River and Lake Michigan.
The Saugatuck Chain Ferry, a hand-cranked vessel, departs from Wick's Park and takes tourists from the town side of the river to the other shore for a walk to the beach, the historical exhibition or to climb the stairs at Mt.
In addition to the art and music celebrations throughout the year, the Saugatuck Center for the Arts features equity theater, music concerts, art exhibits, educational affairs, a green market, and is available for event rental.
Other attractions include the close-by town of Douglas, Saugatuck's sister city.
Saugatuck's historic churches contribute to a vibrant improve while preserving some of the earliest buildings in town.
Since the 1970s the Saugatuck and neighboring Douglas have been prominent as a tourist destination for gay and lesbian tourists from the Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Grand Rapids areas, as well as other Midwestern urban areas.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.6% White, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.9% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 513 homeholds of which 14.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 52.6% were non-families.
12.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 3.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18% were from 25 to 44; 44.2% were from 45 to 64; and 21.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.21% White, 1.60% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other competitions, and 0.38% from two or more competitions.
There were 549 homeholds out of which 18.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 51.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 16.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $44,318, and the median income for a family was $64,583.
About 6.7% of families and 11.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saugatuck, Michigan Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities.
Saugatuck Celebrates National Shout Out, by Lindsay Kus, fox17online.com Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saugatuck, Michigan.
Saugatuck City Saugatuck - Douglas Historical Society Brief exhibit of historic paintings of Saugatuck, Michigan, by famous American impressionist, Albert Henry Krehbiel (1873 1945): American Midwest Paintings; Saugatuck, Michigan Exhibit Municipalities and communities of Allegan County, Michigan, United States Allegan Douglas Fennville Holland Otsego Plainwell Saugatuck South Haven Wayland Allegan Casco Cheshire Clyde Dorr Fillmore Ganges Heath Hopkins Laketown Lee Leighton Manlius Martin Monterey Otsego Overisel Salem Saugatuck Trowbridge Valley Watson Wayland
Categories:
Cities in Allegan County, Michigan - Gay villages in the United States - Cities in Michigan
|