Air Service

• Commercial air service to Grand Rapids is provided by Gerald R. Ford International Airport
  Gerald R. Ford International Airport
  Gerald R. Ford International Airport is a commercial airport located approximately southeast of Grand Rapids, Michigan in Cascade Township. Originally called Kent County Airport and later Kent County International Airport; in December 1999 the airport was renamed for former resident Gerald R....
  
   (GRR). Previously named Kent County International Airport, it holds Grand Rapids' mark in modern history with the United States' first regularly scheduled airline service, beginning July 31, 1926, between Grand Rapids and Detroit.

Bus Service

• Public bus transportation is provided by the Interurban Transit Partnership
  Interurban Transit Partnership
  The Interurban Transit Partnership operates a public transport system called The Rapid, which provides bus service to the Grand Rapids, Michigan metropolitan area and beyond...
  
  , which brands itself as The Rapid. Transportation is also provided by the DASH buses: the "Downtown Area Shuttle". These provide transportation to and from the parking lots in the city of Grand Rapids to various designated loading and unloading spots around the city.

Railroad

• Amtrak
  Amtrak
  The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
  
   provides direct train service to Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
   from the passenger station
  Grand Rapids (Amtrak station)
  The Grand Rapids Amtrak Station is a train station in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States served by Amtrak, the U.S. national railroad passenger system. The station is the terminus of the Pere Marquette line that connects Chicago's Union Station to Grand Rapids...
  
   via the Pere Marquette
  Pere Marquette (passenger train)
  Pere Marquette is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services. The 176-mile line connects Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. Pere Marquette is funded in part by the Michigan Department of Transportation...
  
   line. Freight service is provided by CN
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
  , CSX Transportation
  CSX Transportation
  CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
  
  , and by a local shortline
  ShortLine
  Short Line is a brand name for three different Coach USA companies, Hudson Transit Lines, Hudson Transit Corporation, and Chenango Valley Bus Lines that provide local, commuter and intercity bus service in lower New York State, primarily along the Route 17 and Southern Tier corridor.-Service...
  
   railroad, the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
  Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad
  The Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad is a railroad in western Michigan that runs east-west through Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Its of trackage ends at the Saint Mary's Siding, where it meets the Coopersville and Marne Railway. It interchanges with CSX Transportation at Grand Rapids and...
  
  .

Highways

• I-96
  Interstate 96
  Interstate 96 is an intrastate Interstate Highway that is entirely within the US state of Michigan. Its western terminus is at an interchange with US Highway 31 and Business US Highway 31 , on the western boundary of Norton Shores southeast of Muskegon. Its eastern terminus is at I-75 near the...
  
  
• I-196
  Interstate 196
  Interstate 196 is a long freeway spur route in the US state of Michigan linking Grand Rapids, Holland, South Haven, and Benton Harbor. I-196 is known as the Gerald R. Ford Freeway, or simply the Ford Freeway, in Kent, Ottawa, and Allegan Counties, after the 38th President of the United States,...
  
  
• I-296
  Interstate 296
  Interstate 296 is a part of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Michigan. It is a state trunkline highway that runs for entirely within the Grand Rapids area. Its termini are I-96 on the north side of Grand Rapids in Walker and I-196 near downtown Grand Rapids. The entire length is...
  
   is unsigned and runs concurrently
  Concurrency (road)
  A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
  
   with US 131, in part, in Grand Rapids.
• US 131
  U.S. Route 131
  US Highway 131 is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.67 miles of its 266.82 miles are within the state of Michigan. The highway starts in rural Indiana south of the state line as a state road connection to the Indiana Toll Road...
  
  
• M-6
  M-6 (Michigan highway)
  M-6, or the Paul B. Henry Freeway, is a freeway and state trunkline highway in the United States that serves portions of southern Kent and eastern Ottawa counties south of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Although the freeway is named for Paul B. Henry, local residents and the press continue to use the...
  
  
• M-11
  M-11 (Michigan highway)
  M-11 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. The highway runs through the western and southern sides of the metro area, starting over the border in Ottawa County at an interchange with Interstate 96...
  
  
• M-21
  M-21 (Michigan highway)
  M-21 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan connecting the cities of Grand Rapids and Flint. The highway passes through rural farming country and several small towns along its course through the Lower Peninsula...
  
  
• M-37
  M-37 (Michigan highway)
  M-37 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The southern terminus is near the border between Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties at exit 92 of Interstate 94 southwest of Battle Creek. The northern terminus is at the Mission Point Light on Old Mission Point in Grand...
  
  
• M-44
  M-44 (Michigan highway)
  M-44 is a state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles north of Ionia at M-66...
  
  
• M-46
  M-46 (Michigan highway)
  M-46 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan between Muskegon and Port Sanilac, terminating near Lake Michigan and Lake Huron on each end. Except for the north–south segment that corresponds with the US Highway 131 freeway between Cedar Springs and Howard City, M-46 is...
  
  
• M-50
  M-50 (Michigan highway)
  M-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest-southeast route...
  
  
• M-57
  M-57 (Michigan highway)
  M-57 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway connects US Highway 131 near Rockford on the west end to M-15 near Otisville in the Lower Peninsula. In between, the mostly rural highway passes through farmland and connects several highways and smaller towns...
  
  

County-Designated Highways

• A-45
• B-72

Major Businesses

These corporations are headquartered in Kent County, in the following communities:

• Amway
  Amway
  Amway is a direct selling company and manufacturer that uses network marketing to sell a variety of products, primarily in the health, beauty, and home care markets. Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos...
  
  , Ada
• American Seating
  American Seating
  American Seating Inc. is a company specialising in the production of chairs and other seating, including seats for rail transport and schools. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., USA, American Seating employs a US-based workforce. It was founded in 1886 and gives its name to the American Seating...
  
  , Grand Rapids
• Bissell Homecare
  Bissell Inc.
  Bissell Inc., also known as Bissell Homecare, is a privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturing corporation headquartered in Walker, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids...
  
  , Walker
• Gordon Food Service
  Gordon Food Service
  Gordon Food Service is the largest privately held foodservice distributor in North America with sales of $5.5 billion in 2007. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, GFS has GFS Marketplace stores in the states of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee...
  
  , Wyoming
• Meijer
  Meijer
  Meijer, Inc. is a regional American hypermarket chain based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1934 as a supermarket chain, Meijer is credited with pioneering the modern supercenter concept in 1962. About half of the company's 196 stores are located in Michigan, with additional locations in...
  
  , Walker
• Old Orchard
  Old Orchard Brands
  Old Orchard Brands, LLC is a privately owned juice company, located in Sparta, Michigan.-History:The company began in 1985, as a producer of apple juice. The company began by selling predominantly apple-based frozen juice concentrates, and has since expanded its product line to include many shelf...
  
  , Sparta
• Spartan Stores
  Spartan Stores
  Spartan Stores Inc. is an American food distributor and grocery store chain headquartered in Byron Township, Michigan. The company distributes national and Spartan brand products to over 400 independent grocery stores in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.-History:...
  
  , Byron Township
• Steelcase
  Steelcase
  Steelcase is an international office furniture company founded in 1912 in Grand Rapids, Michigan — as The Metal Office Furniture Company. The company at the time specialized in file cabinets and safes. Today, the company sells products related to interior architecture, furniture and technology...
  
  , Grand Rapids
• Universal Forest Products
  Universal Forest Products
  Universal Forest Products, Inc. is a multibillion-dollar corporation and the leading supplier to its five business segments. Universal is the nation’s leading manufacturer and distributor of wood and wood-alternative products, the leading pressure-treated wood producer, North America's largest...
  
  , Northview
• Wolverine Worldwide, Rockford
• X-Rite
  X-Rite
  X-Rite, Inc. is a manufacturer of color matching products, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Their products include those used for matching paint colors. They also create products that regulate quality in the processing of film and x-rays....
  
  , Kentwood
• Zondervan
  Zondervan
  Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association .- History :...
  
  , Cascade Township

Government

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

 regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners

County commission

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in local government in some states of the United States. County commissions are usually made up of three or more individuals...

 controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Kent County elected officials

• Prosecuting Attorney
  Prosecutor
  The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
  
  : William A. Forsyth (Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  )
• Sheriff
  Sheriff
  A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
  
  : Lawrence Stelma (Republican)
• County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Mary Hollinrake (Republican)
• County Treasurer
  Treasurer
  A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
  
  : Kenneth Parrish (Republican)
• Drain Commissioner
  Drain commissioner
  A drain commissioner is an elected official in counties of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. In counties with a population under 12,000, the statutory duties and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are performed by the county's board of road commissioners.The office...
  
  : William Byl (Republican)
• County Commission or Board of Commissioners: 19 members, elected from districts (15 Republicans, 4 Democrats)
• Circuit Court: 9 judges (non-partisan)
• Probate Court: 3 judges (non-partisan)

(information as of post- 2008 election)

Politics

Kent County has historically been a stronghold of the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

, and usually supports its candidates for local and federal office. In 2008, Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 presidential candidate Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 narrowly carried the county, receiving 149,909 votes (49.34% of the total) to Republican John McCain

John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....

's 148,336 (48.83%). This nevertheless represented a weaker showing for Obama than his statewide performance (57.4% of the vote), but more importantly showed the candidate's strength in being able to carry an historically conservative area.

In 2004, Republican president George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 received 171,201 votes (58.85%) to Democrat John Kerry

John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...

's 116,909 (40.19%).

In 2000, Bush received 148,602 votes (59.37%) to Democrat Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

's 95,442 (38.13%).

Cities, villages, and townships

Cities

• Cedar Springs
  Cedar Springs, Michigan
  Cedar Springs is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan, 20 minutes north of Grand Rapids. Known as "Red Flannel Town", the city is home to an annual Red Flannel Festival...
  
  
• East Grand Rapids
  East Grand Rapids, Michigan
  East Grand Rapids is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is a suburb of Grand Rapids and is located on the shore of Reeds Lake. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,694.-Geography:...
  
  
• Grand Rapids
  Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
  
  
• Grandville
  Grandville, Michigan
  Grandville is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 16,263 at the 2000 census. Grandville is one of the oldest suburbs of Grand Rapids, and was incorporated as a city in 1933....
  
  
• Kentwood
  Kentwood, Michigan
  Kentwood is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 48,707 at the 2010 census, making it the second most populous suburb of Grand Rapids and the 25th most populous city in Michigan.-History:...
  
  
• Lowell
  Lowell, Michigan
  Lowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,013. The city is in the northern portion of Lowell Township, but is politically independent...
  
  
• Rockford
  Rockford, Michigan
  Rockford is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,719. It is on the Rogue River and is only a few miles north of Grand Rapids.- History :...
  
  
• Walker
  Walker, Michigan
  Walker is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Grand Rapids. The population was 23,537 at the 2010 census. Before incorporating as a city, it was known as Walker Township...
  
  
• Wyoming
  Wyoming, Michigan
  Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 72,125. That makes it the 2nd largest community or city in West Michigan, the 14th largest city in the state of Michigan, and the 18th largest community in the state as well...
  
  

Villages

• Caledonia
  Caledonia, Michigan
  Caledonia is a village in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,102. The village lies entirely within Caledonia Township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Casnovia
  Casnovia, Michigan
  Casnovia is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the boundary between Muskegon County and Kent County and lies partially within both. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 315. The village is located partially within the Casnovia Township, Michigan.Casnovia is...
  
  
• Kent City
  Kent City, Michigan
  Kent City is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,061 at the 2000 census.The village was named for New York jurist and legal scholar, James Kent, as was Kent County.-Geography:...
  
  
• Sand Lake
  Sand Lake, Michigan
  Sand Lake is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 492 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
  
  
• Sparta
  Sparta, Michigan
  Sparta is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,159 at the 2000 census. The village resides in Sparta Township.-History:...
  
  

Unincorporated

• Ada
• Alaska
• Alto
  Alto, Michigan
  Alto is an unincorporated community in Bowne Township, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on Platt Lake Creek, at the intersection of Bancroft Avenue and 60th Street, just west of M-50 about two miles south of exit 52 off I-96. Alto was founded in 1845 by Daniel Skidmore. A...
  
  
• Belmont
• Byron Center
  Byron Center, Michigan
  Byron Center is an unincorporated community in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan It is a census-designated place used for statistical purposes. The population was 3,777 at the 2000 census....
  
  
• Cannonsburg
  Cannonsburg, Michigan
  Cannonsburg is an unincorporated community within Cannon Township, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is on Bear Creek in the southwest part of the township at ....
  
  
• Cascade
• Comstock Park
  Comstock Park, Michigan
  Comstock Park is a prosperous suburban community in the northern part of Metropolitan Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, that comprises parts of three neighboring townships:* Plainfield Township* Alpine Township* Algoma Township...
  
  
• Cutlerville
  Cutlerville, Michigan
  Cutlerville is an unincorporated community in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes...
  
  
• Dutton
• Forest Hills
  Forest Hills, Michigan
  Forest Hills is an unincorporated community in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes. The population was 20,942 at the 2000 census....
  
  
• Northview
  Northview, Michigan
  Northview is an unincorporated community in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is defined as a census-designated place for statistical purposes and does not have any legal status as an incorporated municipality...
  
  

Townships

• Ada Township
  Ada Township, Michigan
  Ada Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 9,882. Ada is the corporate home of Alticor and its subsidiary companies Quixtar and Amway.- Communities :...
  
  
• Algoma Township
  Algoma Township, Michigan
  Algoma Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 7,596.Algoma was originally settled in 1843...
  
  
• Alpine Township
  Alpine Township, Michigan
  Alpine Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township became a charter township in 1979, but in 1996, the township de-chartered and returned to general law status. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 13,976...
  
  
• Bowne Township
  Bowne Township, Michigan
  Bowne Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,743.-Communities:* Alto is an unincorporated village that is located primarily in this township....
  
  
• Byron Township
  Byron Township, Michigan
  Byron Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 17,553.- Communities :...
  
  
• Caledonia Township
  Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan
  The Charter Township of Caledonia is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,964 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*The Village of Caledonia is within the township on M-37 in the southeast part of the township....
  
  *
• Cannon Township
  Cannon Township, Michigan
  Cannon Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 12,075.- Communities :* Cannonsburg is an unincorporated community in the township....
  
  

• Cascade Township
  Cascade Township, Michigan
  Cascade Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,107 at the 2000 census.The township is situated in the southeastern section of Kent County, approximately 10 miles southeast of Grand Rapids. A defining feature of the township is the...
  
  *
• Courtland Township
  Courtland Township, Michigan
  Courtland Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 5,817. The community is quite rural in character and farmland still occupies much of the township, but the area also seems to be on the edge of expansion of the...
  
  
• Gaines Township
  Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan
  Gaines Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,112 at the 2000 census.The township is about 13 miles south of downtown Grand Rapids. It is directly south of the city of Kentwood. The Charter Township of Caledonia and Village of...
  
  *
• Grand Rapids Township
  Grand Rapids Charter Township, Michigan
  Grand Rapids Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,056 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
  *
• Grattan Township
  Grattan Township, Michigan
  Grattan Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 3,551.Grattan is an unincorporated community within the township.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lowell Township
  Lowell Township, Michigan
  Lowell Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 5,219...
  
  *
• Nelson Township
  Nelson Township, Michigan
  Nelson Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,192 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
  
  

• Oakfield Township
  Oakfield Township, Michigan
  Oakfield Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S state of Michigan. The population was 5,058 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:At the 2000 census,...
  
  
• Plainfield Township
  Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan
  Plainfield Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to the 2000 census, the population was 30,195 . The township forms part of the metro Grand Rapids area. It derives its name from the extinct lumbertown of Plainfield founded in 1838 by Andrew...
  
  *
• Solon Township
  Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan
  Solon Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,662 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.3 square miles , of which, 35.8 square miles of it is land and 0.5 square miles ...
  
  
• Sparta Township
  Sparta Township, Michigan
  Sparta Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,938 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.Most of the township is served by...
  
  
• Spencer Township
  Spencer Township, Michigan
  Spencer Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,681 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , with of land and of water....
  
  
• Tyrone Township
  Tyrone Township, Kent County, Michigan
  Tyrone Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 4,304.It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland.- Geography :...
  
  
• Vergennes Township
  Vergennes Township, Michigan
  Vergennes Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 3,611.-Geography:...
  
  

(* denotes Charter

Charter township

A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan. Townships in Michigan are organized governments. A charter township is a township that has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediary in...

 status)

See also

• Kent District Library
  Kent District Library
  The Kent District Library is a public library system located in Kent County, Michigan. With eighteen branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 5 million items , the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.-History:The beginnings of...
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Michigan

External links

• Official Website of Kent County, Michigan
• Official GIS Map of Kent County, Michigan
• History and Genealogy of Kent County, Michigan