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HILLSDALE , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Hillsdale county, See also:Michigan, L.S.A., about 87 m. W. by S. of See also:Detroit. Pop. (1000) 4151, of whom 300 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1904) 4809; (101o) 5oo1. Hillsdale is served by the See also:Lake See also:Shore & Michigan See also:Southern railway. It has a public library, and is the seat of Hillsdale See also:College (co-educational, See also:Free Baptist), which was opened as Michigan Central College, at See also:Spring Arbor, Michigan. in 1844, was removed to Hillsdale and received its See also:present name in 1853 and was re-opened here in 1855. The college in 1907-1908 had 22 instructors and 345 students. The city is a centre for a See also:rich farming region; among its manufactures are gasoline and See also:gas engines, See also:screen doors, wagons, barrels, shoes, See also:fur-coats and See also:flour. Hillsdale was first settled in 1837, was incorporated as a See also:village in 1847, and was chartered as a city in 1869.

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