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Calhoun County, Michigan

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 7 Calhoun County towns.

The oldest is Marshall, established 1836. The largest by population is Battle Creek (52,721).

Town	Established	Population
Albion	–	7,700
Athens	–	936
Battle Creek	1840	52,721
Burlington	–	281
Homer	–	1,575
Marshall	1836	6,822
Springfield	–	5,292

About these towns

Albion: The first European-American settler, Tenney Peabody, arrived in 1833 along with his brother-in-law, Charles Blanchard, and another young man, Clark Dowling. Peabody's family followed soon after.

Athens: The village is located in southern Athens Township, and is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled in 1831.

Battle Creek: In about 1774, the Potawatomi and the Ottawa Native American tribes formed a joint village near the future Battle Creek, Michigan. The first permanent European settlements in Battle Creek Township, after the removal of the Potawatomi to a reservation, began about 1831.

Burlington: It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located within Burlington Township on M-60.

Homer: Milton Barney arrived from Lyons, New York the summer of 1832 to scout the area and returned that September with his family and workmen to settle on the south bank of the Kalamazoo River in Section 5.

Marshall: The town was founded by Sidney Ketchum (1797–1862) in 1830, a land surveyor born in Clinton County, New York, in conjunction with his brother, George Ketchum (1794-1853).

Springfield: It is an enclave of the city of Battle Creek.