HILLSDALE  , a

city and the county-seat of Hillsdale county, Michigan, L.S.A., about 87 m . W. by S. of Detroit . Pop . (1000) 4151, of whom 300 were foreign-born; (1904) 4809; (101o) 5oo1 . Hillsdale is served by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway . It has a public library, and is the seat of Hillsdale College (co-educational, Free Baptist), which was opened as Michigan Central College, at Spring Arbor, Michigan . in 1844, was removed to Hillsdale and received its present name in 1853 and was re-opened here in 1855 . The college in 1907-1908 had 22 instructors and 345 students . The city is a centre for a rich farming region; among its manufactures are gasoline and gas engines, screen doors, wagons, barrels, shoes, fur-coats and flour . Hillsdale was first settled in 1837, was incorporated as a village in 1847, and was chartered as a city in 1869 .