Owosso
| Owosso | |
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 Curwood Castle |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Shiawassee County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 84 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 15,194 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,125.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.9 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.5 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 222 m |
| Postal code : | 48867 |
| Area code : | +1 989 |
| FIPS : | 26-61940 |
| GNIS ID : | 0634254 |
| Website : | ci.owosso.mi.us |
Owosso is a city in Shiawassee County in the US state of Michigan . With about 15,000 inhabitants, the place between Lansing and Flint is the only one in the county that has more than 10,000 inhabitants.
Owosso, a good 100 km northwest of Detroit , is the headquarters of the truck manufacturer Reliance .
In the First Congregational Church is the glass window The Birth of Bernhard Plockhorst .
Personalities
- John J. Bagley (1832-1881), politician
- Alvin Morell Bentley (1918–1969), politician
- James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), writer
- Adolph Alphonse Caille (1863–1937), inventor
- Auguste Arthur Caille (1867–1917), inventor
- Richard Cain (1931–1973), police officer
- Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971), politician
- Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874–1939), painter
- Alfred Day Hershey (1908-1997), biologist
- Robert Lyons (born 1974), actor
- Frederic Pryor (1933–2019), economist
- Mel Schacher (* 1951), bassist
- Felix Schlag (1891–1974), designer
- John Tomac (* 1967), cyclist
- Donald A. Tomalia (* 1938), chemist
Web links
Commons : Owosso - album with pictures, videos and audio files
