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KALAMAZOO
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Kalamazoo county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of the Kalamazoo See also:River, about 49 M
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S. of See also:Grand Rapids and 144 M
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W. of See also:Detroit
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Pop
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(1900) 24,404, of whom 4710 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 39,437
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It is served by the Michigan Central, the See also:Lake See also:Shore & Michigan See also:Southern, the Grand Rapids & See also:Indiana, the Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & See also:Chicago, and the Chicago, Kalamazoo & See also:Saginaw See also:railways, and by interurban electric lines
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The city has a public library, and is the seat of Kalamazoo See also:college (Baptist), which- See also:grew out of the Kalamazoo See also:literary See also:institute (1833) and was chartered under its See also:present name in 1855; the Michigan See also:female See also:seminary (Presbyterian), established in 1866; the Western See also:State normal school (1904); See also:Nazareth See also:Academy (1897), for girls; See also:Barbour See also: |
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