{"id":4742,"date":"2023-06-28T18:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:08:20","slug":"kent-county-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kent-county-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent County, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent County is a county in Michigan, United States, on the west side of the state along the Grand River. It had a population of 657,974 at the 2020 census and covers 872 square miles (2,260 km2) centred near 43°02′N 85°33′W.<\/p>\n

Grand Rapids is the county seat and its postal code is 49503. The county has 9 cities, 4 villages, and roughly 20 civil townships plus a number of unincorporated communities. Kent County observes Eastern time and carries FIPS code 26081.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Kent County<\/h2>\n

Kent County has 9 incorporated cities, 4 incorporated villages, and dozens of unincorporated communities and manufactured-home communities spread across its townships. “CDP” below marks a Census Designated Place (an unincorporated community the Census Bureau tracks separately); “Unincorp.” marks a smaller unincorporated place or manufactured-home community with no separate census count.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Grand Rapids<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n198,917<\/td>\n49503–49508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wyoming<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n75,483<\/td>\n49509, 49519<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentwood<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n51,930<\/td>\n49508, 49512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walker<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n25,760<\/td>\n49534, 49544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grandville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n17,865<\/td>\n49418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Grand Rapids<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n10,682<\/td>\n49506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rockford<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nAlgoma<\/td>\n6,378<\/td>\n49341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lowell<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nVergennes<\/td>\n4,081<\/td>\n49331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cedar Springs<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nNelson<\/td>\n3,479<\/td>\n49319<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caledonia<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nCaledonia<\/td>\n3,281<\/td>\n49316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparta<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nSparta<\/td>\n4,489<\/td>\n49345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent City<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nSpencer<\/td>\n1,072<\/td>\n49330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sand Lake<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\nNelson<\/td>\n527<\/td>\n49343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ada<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nAda<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alpine<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nAlpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49321<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belmont<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPlainfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49306<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byron Center<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nByron<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cascade<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nCascade<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comstock Park<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nAlpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49321<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cutlerville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nGaines<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nGaines<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Paris<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCascade<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forest Hills<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nAda<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nAlpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nGrand Rapids Charter<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bostwick Lake<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCannon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cannonsburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCannon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grattan<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nGrattan<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowne Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nBowne<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solon Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSolon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casnovia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSpencer<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitneyville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCaledonia<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Englishville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nAlpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alto<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nBowne<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n49302<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alaska<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCaledonia<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ballards Corners<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlisle<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chauncey<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Childsdale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nCourtland<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corinth<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastmont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edgerton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evans<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallassburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nVergennes<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fruit Ridge Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nAlpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harvard<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holy Corners<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinney<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Labarge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisbon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCords<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moseley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Byron<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nByron<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Dorr<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parnell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nVergennes<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ross<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Segwun<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheffield<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilder Center<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two entries in the old list were duplicates or typos and have been merged or corrected: “Cannonsburg” was listed twice, and “RIverview MH Park” is dropped as an unconfirmed manufactured-home community with no independent record. Several smaller manufactured-home communities from the old list (for example Alpine Mobile Village, Brentwood Mobile Village, Cedar Springs Mobile Estates, and similar) are omitted here as unverifiable beyond a name; the townships they sit in are covered by the CDPs and villages above.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Kent County has about 20 civil townships outside the incorporated cities and villages. Verified 2020 township-level population counts were not available for this rewrite, so the population column is left blank rather than guessed; township names and their best-known main settlements are listed below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ada<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAda, Forest Hills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alpine<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAlpine, Comstock Park, Standale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byron<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nByron Center, North Byron<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cannon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCannonsburg, Bostwick Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caledonia<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCaledonia (village), Alaska, Whitneyville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cascade<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCascade, East Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtland<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nChildsdale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaines<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCutlerville, Dutton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Rapids Charter<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNorthview<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grattan<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nGrattan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelson<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCedar Springs, Sand Lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plainfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBelmont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solon<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSolon Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spencer<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nKent City, Casnovia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparta<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSparta (village)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyrone<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vergennes<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLowell area, Fallassburg, Parnell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n