Cassopolis, Michigan
Cassopolis is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,774 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cass County. The village and county are named after statesman Lewis Cass, a New Hampshire native and a prominent U.S. senator from Michigan prior to the American Civil War.
Cassopolis is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Cassopolis was platted in 1831. It had already been designated the county seat by that point. It was incorporated as a village in 1863.
Cassopolis was a transit point on the Underground Railroad. In the 1960s, a group connected to the Nation of Islam acquired some 1,000 acres of farmland in the area with work overseen by a graduate of Cassopolis High.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.25 square miles (5.83 km2), of which 2.00 square miles (5.18 km2) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) is water. Cassopolis is the town associated with Diamond Lake, the largest lake in southwestern Michigan.
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Goose Blues
by: BellerucheThere are times when I'm alone
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