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1920 in Michigan

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1920
in
Michigan

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Events from the year 1920 in Michigan.

Office holders

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Gov. Sleeper

State office holders

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Mayors of major cities

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Mayor Couzens

Federal office holders

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Sen. Townsend

Population

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In the 1920 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 3,668,412, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1930, Michigan's population had increased by 32.0% to 4,842,325.

Cities

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The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 15,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920
Rank
City County 1910 Pop. 1920 Pop. 1930 Pop. Change 1920-30
1 Detroit Wayne 465,766 993,678 1,568,662 57.9%
2 Grand Rapids Kent 112,571 137,634 168,592 22.5%
3 Flint Genesee 38,550 91,599 156,492 70.8%
4 Saginaw Saginaw 50,510 61,903 80,715 30.4%
5 Lansing Ingham 31,229 57,327 78,397 36.8%
6 Hamtramck Wayne 3,559 48,615 56,268 15.7%
7 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 39,437 48,487 54,786 13.0%
8 Jackson Jackson 31,433 48,374 55,187 14.1%
9 Bay City Bay 45,166 47,554 47,355 −0.4%
10 Highland Park Wayne 4,120 46,499 52,959 13.9%
11 Muskegon Muskegon 24,062 36,570 41,390 15.2%
12 Battle Creek Calhoun 25,267 36,164 45,573 26.0%
13 Pontiac Oakland 14,532 34,273 64,928 89.4%
14 Port Huron St. Clair 18,863 25,944 31,361 20.9%
15 Ann Arbor Washtenaw 14,817 19,516 26,944 38.1%
16 Ironwood Gogebic 12,821 15,739 14,299 −9.1%

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Boom cities of the 1920s

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The 1920s saw an explosion of growth in the population of small cities near Detroit, with some communities growing more than three fold. Dearborn was the most extreme case, growing 20-fold from 2,470 to 50,358 persons.

1920
Rank
City County 1910 Pop. 1920 Pop. 1930 Pop. Change 1920-30
Warren Macomb 2,346 6,780 24,024 254.3%
Royal Oak Oakland 1,071 6,007 22,904 281.3%
Ferndale Oakland -- 2,640 20,855 690.0%
Dearborn Wayne 911 2,470 50,358 1,938.8%

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Counties

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The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 40,000 based on 1920 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1910 and 1930 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

1920
Rank
County Largest city 1910 Pop. 1920 Pop. 1930 Pop. Change 1920-30
1 Wayne Detroit 531,591 1,177,645 1,888,946 60.4%
2 Kent Grand Rapids 159,145 183,041 240,511 31.4%
3 Genesee Flint 64,555 125,668 211,641 68.4%
4 Saginaw Saginaw 89,290 100,286 120,717 20.4%
5 Oakland Pontiac 49,576 90,050 211,251 134.6%
6 Ingham Lansing 53,310 81,554 116,587 43.0%
7 Calhoun Battle Creek 56,638 72,918 87,043 19.4%
8 Houghton Houghton 88,098 71,930 52,851 -26.5%
9 Jackson Jackson 53,426 72,539 92,304 27.2%
10 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo 60,327 71,225 91,368 28.3%
11 Bay Bay City 68,238 69,548 69,474 -0.1%
12 Berrien Niles 53,622 62,653 81,066 29.4%
13 Muskegon Muskegon 40,577 62,362 84,630 35.7%
14 St. Clair Port Huron 52,341 58,009 67,563 16.5%
15 Washtenaw Ann Arbor 44,714 49,520 65,530 32.3%
16 Lenawee Adrian 47,907 47,767 49,849 4.4%
17 Ottawa Holland 45,301 47,660 54,858 15.1%
18 Marquette Marquette 46,739 45,786 44,076 −3.7%

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Sports

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Baseball

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Bobby Veach

American football

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Ernie Vick

Basketball

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E. J. Mather

Other

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Chronology of events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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General Motors Building
  • November 27 - The Durant Building in Detroit, later renamed the General Motors Building and eventually Cadillac Place, was opened for business as the new headquarters for General Motors.[15]

December

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Births

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Deaths

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  • January 14 - John Francis Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, at age 55 in New York City[18]
  • January 21 - Ferris S. Fitch Jr., Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction (1891–1892), at age 66 in Detroit[19][20]
  • February 4 - Ed Siever, Major League Baseball pitcher (1901-1908) and AL ERA leader (1902), at age 44 in Detroit
  • April 2 - Matty McIntyre, Major League Baseball outfielder (1901-1912) led AL in runs scored (1908), at age 39 in Detroit
  • July 21 - Otto Kirchner, Michigan Attorney General (1877–1880), at age 74 in Detroit[21]
  • December 10 - Horace Elgin Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, in Palm Beach, Florida
  • December 14 - George Gipp, Notre Dame football player and native of Laurium, Michigan, in South Bend, Indiana
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 232–236.
  2. ^ Fourteenth Census of the United States Volume I Population 1920. United States Department of Commerce Bureauof the Census. 1921. pp. 458–468.
  3. ^ "1920 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  5. ^ 2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.
  6. ^ "1920 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 152. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 160, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  9. ^ "1920 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  11. ^ "Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "Michigan Wolverines". sports-reference.com.
  13. ^ 1920 Michiganensian, page 363.
  14. ^ "Michigan Tech Team History". College Hockey News. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  15. ^ "G.M.C. Occupies New Building". Detroit Free Press. November 25, 1920. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Legislator Details - Dominic J. Jacobetti". Library of Michigan. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  17. ^ "Legislator Details - Charline White". Library of Michigan. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  18. ^ "John P. Dodge Dies at Ritz-Carlton. Detroit Manufacturer Was Stricken with Pneumonia at Automobile Show. His Brother Recovering as Minority Stockholders of Ford Company. They Won $60,000,000 Suit Against Henry Ford". The New York Times. January 15, 1920. Retrieved February 4, 2023. John F. Dodge, the Detroit automobile manufacturer, who had been ill for a week with pneumonia in his apartments at the Ritz-Carlton, failed to survive the crisis of the attack and died last night at half past 10 o'clock. For some time before the end he was unconscious and unable to recognize his wife and daughters, who were with him.
  19. ^ "Once Prominent Oakland County Man Dies". Livingston County Daily Press and Argus. January 28, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Alumni Association of the University of Michigan (1892). The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 27. p. 638.
  21. ^ Michigan Historical Commission (1924). Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1. p. 474.