Ever been to Grand Rapids in Michigan? I really want to sometime.
No but I want to visit one day. It is the 2nd largest city in Michigan.
Damn it must be pretty big, do you know the population?
Sure do. As of 2010 the city had a population of 188,040. The metro area had 1,005,648.
That's a ton of people! I never knew it was that big!
Sure, it is often referred to as "Furniture City" due to many furniture companies being there.
Like the HQ for these furniture companies are located here?
That's correct. Another common nickname is "River City" due to the river for which it was named.
These seem like pretty basic nicknames haha.
buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport and one of its freeways are also named after him.
History.
History Native American settlement.
For thousands of years, succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples occupied the area. Over 2000 years ago, people associated with the Hopewell culture occupied the Grand River Valley. Later, a tribe from the Ottawa River traveled to the Grand River valley, fighting three battles with the Prairie Indians who were established
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is