Okemos

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Okemos
Okemos Michigan downtown 2.jpg
Location in Michigan
Okemos (Michigan)
Okemos
Okemos
Basic data
State : United States
State : Michigan
County : Ingham County
Coordinates : 42 ° 43 ′  N , 84 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′  N , 84 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 21,369 (as of 2010)
FIPS : 26-60340
GNIS ID : 633973

Okemos is an unincorporated community in Meridian Charter Township in the US state of Michigan . It is located in Ingham County near the capital Lansing and has 22,989 inhabitants (as of 2017). At the same time, it is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes .

geography

Geographical location

Okemos is in the north of Ingham County. The Red Cedar River flows west through the area. It flows into the Grand River at Lansing . There are only a few smaller lakes in the area. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.

Neighboring communities

City structure

Since Okemos does not have its own administration, it is co-administered by the administration of the Meridian Charter Township.

climate

The mean mean temperature in Okemos is between −6.1 ° C (21 ° F ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° F) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfalls between October and May are up to two and a half meters, more than twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA; the daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range in the USA.

history

Settlement of the area began in 1833. On May 13th of that year, Sanford Marsh was the first white settler to settle. First the settlement was named by Freeman Bray, from 1840 Hamilton. The naming should honor the President Alexander Hamilton . The area was probably surveyed in 1841, but was not officially registered until May 29, 1851. Bray founded Hamilton as a trading post to the Ojibwa . Furs and hides were traded, as well as calico , lead, jewelry, cutlery and alcohol. The Meridian Charter Township was organized by the legislature in 1842. A sawmill was built in 1842, the first general store in 1853, and a dam to regulate water made further sawmills possible. A grist mill was added in 1856. However, these first works all burned down in 1864 and 1865, respectively. In 1859 the name of Hamilton was changed to Okemos in memory of the Native American chief John Okemos of the Saginaw Chippewa in the Ojibwa nation, a powerful chief who traded with the settlers of the area. He died in 1858. In 1871, Okemos got a train station and was linked to the Michigan Central Railroad , on the line that connected Lansing to Detroit .

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Goetsch-Winckler House is located in Okemos . It was built in 1940 by Frank Lloyd Wright and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995 .

Economy and Infrastructure

From 1969 to 1994 Kelmark Engineering , a manufacturer of kit cars , was based in Okemos.

Okemos is home to the Meridian Mall , which opened in 1969 , is a shopping center with around 125 shops, a food court and a cinema on the periphery. The mall's anchor stores are JC Penney , Macy’s and Dick's Sporting Goods .

traffic

The M-43 , a Michigan highway that is part of the Michigan State Trunkline Highway , runs through Okemos .

Public facilities

There are several medical facilities in Okemos.

A branch of the Capital Area District Libraries is located in Okemos.

education

The Okemos Public School District has four elementary schools, including a Montessori school , the Kinawa School for grades 5 and 6, the Chippewa School for grades 7 and 8, and Okemos High School for grades 9 to 12.

Okemos is adjacent to the Michigan State University campus to the west .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

Web links

Commons : Okemos, Michigan  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2017 census
  2. ↑ a b Okemos, Michigan (MI 48864) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ History of Okemos - Michigan History. In: msu.edu. Retrieved November 16, 2019 (American English).
  4. ^ Goetsch – Winckler House in the NPGallery Digital Asset Management System
  5. ↑ Kelmark History at Bugoholics.com ( Memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Okemos - Capital Area District Library. In: cadl.org. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ About Us / District Overview. http, accessed on November 16, 2019 (English).