1865 in Michigan

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1865
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Events from the year 1865 in Michigan.

Office holders

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Gov. Crapo

State office holders

Mayors of major cities

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Sen. Christiancy

Federal office holders

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Sen. Howard

Population

In the 1860 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 749,113, an increase of 88.4% from the 1850 Census when the population was 397,654. By 1870, Michigan's population had increased by another 58.1% to 1,184,059.

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Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 3,000 based on 1860 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1850 and 1870 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1860
Rank
CityCounty185018601870Change 1860-1870
1 Detroit Wayne 21,01945,61979,57774.4%
2 Grand Rapids Kent 2,6868,08516,507104.2%
3 Adrian Lenawee --6,2138,43835.8%
4 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 2,5076,0709,18151.3%
5 Ann Arbor Washtenaw --5,0977,36344.5%
6 Jackson Jackson 2,3635,00014,447188.9%
7 Port Huron St. Clair --4,3715,97336.7%
8 Ypsilanti Washtenaw--3,9555,47138.3%
9 Monroe Monroe 2,8133,8925,08630.7%
10 Battle Creek Calhoun 1,0643,5095,83866.4%
11 Lansing Ingham 1,2993,0745,24170.5%

Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 20,000 based on 1860 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1850 and 1870 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1860
Rank
CountyLargest city1850 Pop.1860 Pop.1870 Pop.Change 1860-1870
1 Wayne Detroit 42,75675,547119,06857.6%
2 Oakland Pontiac 31,27038,26140,8676.8%
3 Lenawee Adrian 26,37238,11245,59519.6%
4 Washtenaw Ann Arbor 28,56735,68641,43416.1%
5 Kent Grand Rapids 12,01630,71650,40364.1%
6 Calhoun Battle Creek 19,16229,56436,56923.7%
7 Jackson Jackson 19,43126,67136,04735.2%
8 St. Clair Port Huron 10,42026,60436,66137.8%
9 Hillsdale Hillsdale 16,15925,67531,68423.4%
10 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 13,17924,64632,05430.1%
11 Genesee Flint 12,03122,49833,90050.7%
12 Berrien Niles 11,41722,37835,10456.9%

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References

  1. "Detroit Police Department | Detroit Historical Society". detroithistorical.org.
  2. HistoricDetroit.org, DAN AUSTIN of. "Michigan State Capitol | Historic Detroit". www.historicdetroit.org.
  3. "The National Loss". Detroit Free Press. April 17, 1865. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. https://blogs.lib.msu.edu/red-tape/2017/apr/april-25-1865-detroit-holds-parade-honor-slain-president-lincoln/%5B%5D
  5. "Crowd Mourning Abraham Lincoln's Death, Detroit, Michigan, 1865". Google Arts & Culture.
  6. "General Grant's 1865 visit to Detroit". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  7. State Equal Rights League of the State of Michigan (1865 : Detroit, MI) (May 20, 1865). "Proceedings of the Colored Men's Convention of the State of Michigan, Held in the City of Detroit ,Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 12th and 13th, '65, with Accompanying Documents. Also, the Constitution of the Equal Rights League of the State of Michigan". Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York Public Library.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)