Events from the year 1923 in Michigan .
Office holders
Gov. Groesbeck
State office holders
Mayors of major cities
Federal office holders
Population
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
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
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
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
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%
[ 1]
Counties
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
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
Baseball
1921 Michigan Wolverines football team – In their 21st season under head coach Fielding H. Yost , the Wolverines compiled a 5–1–1 record, outscored opponents 187–21, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.1921 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Albert Barron , the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 126 to 68.1921 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding , the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 262 to 40.[ 4] 1921 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Joseph McCulloch , the Normalites compiled a record of 3–3 and outscored opponents by a total of 82 to 50.[ 5] 1921 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach James F. Duffy , the Titans compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 245 to 24.1921 Detroit Junior College football team – Under head coach David Holmes, the Detroit Junior College team compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 0.1921 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Wallace Parker , Central Michigan compiled a 7–2–1 record.[ 6]
Basketball
Chronology of events
January
January 4 - Merlin Wiley resigned as Michigan Attorney General
January 4 - A gunfight in downtown Detroit results in the death of Detroit police detective Daniel J. Couglin.[ 8]
January 5 - The announcement of a plan to purchase Isle Royale (later Isle Royale National Park ) for $4 million to create a state park is met with opposition to the cost. The Detroit Free Press published front-page stories critical of the acquisition for six consecutive days.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
January 11 - Plans were announced for construction of the Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit.[ 16]
February
March
April
May
May 9 - Southeastern Michigan recorded record snow fall for the month of May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
January 1 - Milt Jackson , jazz vibraphonist, in Detroit
March 6 - Ed McMahon , announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962-1992), in Detroit
April 16 - Vito Giacalone , capo of the Detroit organized crime family
May 15 - Doris Dowling , actress (The Crimson Key
May 18 - Don Lund , baseball player, in Detroit
July 7 - Josephine Clay Ford , philanthropist and granddaughter of Henry Ford, in Dearborn
August 11 - Jack O'Dell , civil rights activist and writer, in Detroit
August 12 - Garry E. Brown , U.S. House of Representatives (1967-1979)
November 6 - Robert P. Griffin , U.S. Senator (1966-1979), in Detroit
1923 - Mitchell Hooks , illustrator, in Detroit
Deaths
January - Daniel E. Soper , Michigan Secretary of State (1891) involved with the Michigan relics hoax, in Chattanooga, Tennessee[ 17] [ 18]
April 17 - Fred M. Warner , Governor of Michigan (1905-1911), in Orlando, Florida
November 23 - Oscar Marx , mayor of Detroit (1913-1918), in Detroit
December 9 - Bill Donovan , Detroit Tigers pitcher (1903-1912), in Forsyth, New York
1923 - Marvin H. Chamberlain , mayor of Detroit (1886-1887), in Woodstock Township, Michigan
References
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