History · Arcada

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Arcada Township is a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,671.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,681 people in 2010, 1,671 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arcada yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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