The Ionia Mayors were a Central League baseball team based in Ionia, Michigan, United States that existed for part of the 1921 season and in 1922. They were the only professional baseball team to play in Ionia. [1]
Ionia was an ancient region on the central part of the western coast of Anatolia in present-day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir, which was historically Smyrna. It consisted of the northernmost territories of the Ionian League of Greek settlements. Never a unified state, it was named after the Ionian tribe who, in the Archaic Period, settled mainly the shores and islands of the Aegean Sea. Ionian states were identified by tradition and by their use of Eastern Greek.
The Midwest League was a Minor League Baseball league, established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. It was classified as a Class A league.
Ionia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,905. The county seat is Ionia. The Ionia County Courthouse was designed by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect.
Ionia is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Ionia County, Michigan, United States. The population was 11,394 at the 2010 census. Every July it hosts what is said to be the world's largest free-admission fair. The city is mostly within Ionia Township, with small portion extending into Easton Township and Berlin Township, but is politically autonomous of the townships.
Sebewa Township is a civil township of Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,202.
Fred Warren Green was the 31st Governor of Michigan from 1927 to 1931, and he was the mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 to 1916. Active in athletics during his time as a student at Michigan State Normal School, and at the University of Michigan, Green earned a varsity letter playing for the Michigan State Normal football team in 1895 and is credited as the team's head coach during the 1896 season in which they were declared champions of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Green served as a delegate to the 1932 and 1936 Republican National Conventions.
The following is a list of Registered Historic Places in Ionia County, Michigan.
Michigan's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in West Michigan. From 2003 to 2013 it consisted of the counties of Barry and Ionia, as well as all except the northwest portion of Kent, including the city of Grand Rapids. The district was extended to Battle Creek after redistricting in 2012.
George Washington Webber was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
WION is a full-service radio station in Ionia, Michigan, United States, featuring a mix of locally programmed music, news, and sports. WION's AM signal can be heard as far east as Flint, Michigan, as far south as Tekonsha, Michigan and as far north as Marion, Michigan. WION transmits in C-QUAM AM stereo.
Alonzo Sessions was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.
The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. It operates 39.8 miles of track in Michigan.
The Ionia Correctional Facility (ICF), also known as "I-Max", is a U.S. state prison located in Ionia, Michigan.
The Central League was a minor league baseball league that operated sporadically from 1903–1917, 1920–1922, 1926, 1928–1930, 1934, and 1948–1951. In 1926, the league merged mid-season with the Michigan State League and played under that name for the remainder of the season. The Central League later reformed in 1928.
Ionia State Recreation Area is a 4,500-acre (1,800 ha) recreation area, located in Ionia County, Michigan.
Foss O. Eldred (1884–1956) was Attorney General of Michigan in 1946 when he was appointed to fill out an unexpired term. He also held many other political offices.
The Ionia Sentinel-Standard is a newspaper published Saturday in Ionia in the US state of Michigan. It is owned by Gannett.
The Michigan Reformatory is a state prison for men located in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections. The facility has 352 beds at Level II security and 797 beds at Level IV security.
Michigan's 86th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives. In Ionia County, it's located in Belding, Easton Township, Ionia, Ionia Township, Orleans Township, Otisco Township and part of Berlin Township. In Kent County, it's located in Ada Township, Bowne Township, Caledonia Township, Cascade Township, Grattan Township, Lowell, Lowell Township, and Vergennes Township. The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.