33 Facts About Saginaw Michigan

The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan.

Saginaw Michigan was a thriving lumber town in the 19th century and an important industrial city and manufacturing center throughout much of the 20th century.

Name Saginaw Michigan is widely believed to mean "where the Sauk were" in Ojibwe, from Sace-nong or Sak-e-nong, due to the belief that the Sauk once lived there.

Saginaw Michigan was the site of numerous sawmills and served as a port for Great Lakes vessels.

In 1819, Lewis Cass, in the Treaty of Saginaw Michigan, negotiated the prerogative for the United States to own and settle the area with the leaders of the Ojibwe.

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Saginaw Michigan was the location of the annual government payment to the Ojibwe and Ottawa of the area, starting in the 1830s.

Main cause for the founding and subsequent development of Saginaw Michigan was the large demand for lumber as the United States expanded westward.

Saginaw Michigan Steering Gear's Plant1 began wartime production in 1941, concentrating on ball screws that would eventually be used in the wing flaps of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

The unintended consequence of this choice was that Saginaw Michigan's population stopped growing, new housing development focused on the suburban townships, and businesses eventually followed.

Manufacturing in Saginaw Michigan declined in the latter half of the 20th century, leading to high unemployment in the city.

Unemployment in Saginaw Michigan peaked in July 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, standing at 23.

Efforts to reduce blight in Saginaw increased greatly in 2013, with the United States Department of the Treasury approving a grant to demolish vacant and abandoned properties via the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

The city sits in the middle of the Saginaw Bay watershed, the largest in the state of Michigan.

Pursuant to the City Charter, Saginaw Michigan is governed by a nine-member elected at-large Council.

Central Saginaw Michigan University maintains an off-campus center inside the city that offers numerous degree programs.

City of Saginaw Michigan is served by the Saginaw Michigan Public School District, known as SPSD.

City of Saginaw Michigan gets its electricity and natural gas from Consumers Energy.

Currently, the City of Saginaw Michigan jointly owns with the City of Midland the Saginaw Michigan-Midland Municipal Water Supply Corporation.

Saginaw Michigan was a railroad hub to the Pere Marquette Railway.

The Mid-Saginaw Michigan Railroad plays a bit part in the region as well, interchanging with Lake State at Paines, west of the city.

Saginaw Michigan is served primarily by two airports: MBS International Airport, located in nearby Freeland, and Bishop International Airport, located in Flint.

Downtown Saginaw Michigan has undergone a resurgence with locally owned restaurants and coffee shops dotting the area.

The downtown Saginaw Michigan area contains a number of office buildings from the late 19th century and early 20th century.

The Downtown Farmer's Market offers Saginaw Michigan produce, flowers, and baked goods from local bakeries and will be moving to an indoor permanent location in 2017.

Saginaw Michigan area is home to two professional sports teams and one NCAA Division-II school that has various sports programs.

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The Saginaw Michigan Spirit is an Ontario Hockey League team that became nationally known when television personality Stephen Colbert promoted the team on his show, The Colbert Report.

The Saginaw Michigan Sting was an indoor football team that formed in 2007 to play in Saginaw Michigan beginning in the 2008 season and is currently on hiatus.

Castle Museum of Saginaw Michigan County History is an important and prominent museum in downtown Saginaw Michigan.

Saginaw Michigan is home to a Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Garden, as a result of its 52-year Sister-City relationship with Tokushima, Japan.

Saginaw Michigan is part of Nielsen's Flint-Saginaw Michigan-Bay City-Midland Designated Market Area which is the 66th largest market in the United States for Television Viewers.

Saginaw Michigan is the home of CBS affiliate WNEM which maintains its studios and offices inside the city though its license is for Bay City, MI.

Those include family owned and Saginaw Michigan-headquartered MacDonald Broadcasting, and corporate broadcasters Alpha Media and Cumulus Media.

Many locations in the City of Saginaw Michigan receive stations from Bay City, Midland, Flint, and Lansing.