Flint Michigan was founded as a village by fur trader Jacob Smith in 1819 and became a major lumbering area on the historic Saginaw Trail during the 19th century.
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23 Facts About Flint Michigan
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From 2014 to 2019, Flint Michigan faced a public health emergency due to lead contamination in parts of the local water supply as well as an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
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The Flint Michigan River had several convenient fords which became points of contention among rival tribes, as attested by the presence of nearby arrowheads and burial mounds.
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Flint Michigan used the capital from this success to buy back share control.
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For decades, Flint Michigan remained politically significant as a major population center as well as for its importance to the automotive industry.
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Freighter named after the city, the SS City of Flint Michigan, was the first US ship to be captured during the Second World War, in October 1939.
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The city's Bishop International Airport was the busiest in Flint Michigan for United Airlines apart from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, with flights to many destinations in the Mid-West and the Mid-Atlantic.
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Since the late 1960s through the end of the 20th century, Flint Michigan has suffered from disinvestment, deindustrialization, depopulation and urban decay, as well as high rates of crime, unemployment and poverty.
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Similar to a plan in Detroit, Flint Michigan is in the process of tearing down thousands of abandoned homes to create available real estate.
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That same day, the Michigan State review panel declared Flint to be in a state of a "local government financial emergency" recommending the state again appoint an emergency manager.
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Flint Michigan has several neighborhoods grouped around the center of the city on the four cardinal sides.
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Typical of southeastern Michigan, Flint has a humid continental climate, and is part of USDA Hardiness zone 6a.
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Flint Michigan has been consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States by multiple sources.
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The Flint Michigan Fury have been in action since 2003, and are currently a part of the Great Lakes Football League.
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Flint Michigan was a member of the National Champion 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
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Many Flint Michigan natives have played basketball in the National Basketball Association, NCAA Division 1 or European professional basketball.
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Flint Michigan is twinned with Hamilton, Ontario, and its amateur athletes compete in the CANUSA Games, held alternatively there and here since 1957.
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Flint Michigan is served by three passenger and two cargo airlines at Bishop International Airport.
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The Flint Michigan Journal began publishing a Tuesday edition in March 2010.
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University publications include University of Michigan–Flint's student newspaper The Michigan Times, Kettering University's The Technician and the MCC Chronicle, formerly the MCC Post, which is a monthly magazine from Mott Community College.
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Flint Michigan has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.
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