Grand Blanc, Michigan

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Grand Blanc is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. The population was 7,784 as of the 2020 US census. It is part of the Flint metropolitan area. The city is surrounded by Grand Blanc Township but is administratively autonomous.

History

The unincorporated village of Grand Blanc, or Grumlaw, was a former Indian campground first settled by Jacob Stevens in 1822. Several years later, settlers improved the Indian trail to Saginaw; they laid out and staked it in 1829 as Saginaw Road.<ref name=hgc>Template:Cite book</ref> Grand Blanc Township formed in 1833 in an area that became the city.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The township center began to boom in 1864 with the arrival of the railroad (now known as the CSX Saginaw Subdivision).<ref name=mpn>Template:Cite book</ref> With the post office there, the village was called Grand Blanc Centre by 1873, with the former Grand Blanc assuming the name Gibsonville.<ref>Grand Blanc Centre, Gibsonville Template:Webarchive Map. Page 95. Genesee County 1873. Beers and Co.</ref>

By 1916, the community (population 400) had a grade school, a private bank, flour mill, an elevator, a creamery, and two churches, the Methodist Episcopal and the Congregational. The community had electrical lighting.<ref name=hgc/>

On January 1, 2024, the winning ticket for the first Powerball lottery of the new year was sold at Food Castle, a food and liquor store in Grand Blanc. The $842.4 million jackpot represented the fifth-largest in Powerball history and the tenth-largest jackpot ever in U.S. lottery history at the time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the early morning of February 28, 2024, an EF2 tornado touched down in Grand Blanc, with winds reaching 115 mph and a peak width of around 450 yards. The tornado started near Creasy Bicentennial Park, damaging trees and outbuildings, before reaching Waretech Industrial Park at the intersection of Dort Highway and Reid Road. The warehouse was completely destroyed. Other businesses and houses in the Indian Hill neighborhood and on Saginaw Road were structurally damaged.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The tornado lifted over Perry Road and had a total path length of 5.7 miles. This was the strongest tornado to ever strike Grand Blanc.

City

Grand Blanc Centre incorporated as the City of Grand Blanc in 1930.<ref name=mpn/> In 1939, the township and the city started a joint fire department.<ref name=fj1>Template:Cite news</ref> In the 1970s, the Grand Blanc city, township, and school district formed a joint parks and recreation department under a commission with two members from each entity.<ref name="fj2">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1973, Grand Blanc-McFarlen Library was built.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It has about 45,000 books and a host of other materials.

A ballot question in the May 2, 2006, Genesee County general election ended governmental research into a plan to consolidate the city and township governments; 68.6% of city voters opposed consolidation efforts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On January 20, 2019, the Township Board voted to rescind its joint fire department agreement in 90 days unless a new agreement was reached.<ref name=fj1/> After eight decades of a shared fire department with Grand Blanc Township, the city started its own department on July 25, 2019, and named a fire chief. Previously, the joint department was funded by each municipal levying a special levy of 0.5 mil for the department and designating 0.5 mil of general levy to the department.<ref name="fj0">Template:Cite news</ref>

After looking at the lack of management knowledge on the parks and recreation commission in the spring of 2019, the township and city dissolved the commission. The decision was formalized in January 2020, with the township taking over the department to provide services to both municipalities. The city went on to develop its own parks plan before starting its own department.<ref name="fj2" />

Geography

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Demographics

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2020 census

As of the 2020 US Census,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 8,091 people, 3,623 households, and 2,026 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 82.7% White, 13.1% African American, 1.1% Asian, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.5% of the population.

Of 3,623 households, 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 14% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.1% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.98.

The city's population as of 2020 census data was 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age was 45.5 years.

2010 census

As of the 2010 US Census,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 8,276 people, 3,566 households, and 2,158 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,784 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 82.5% White, 11.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.

Of 3,567 households, 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.94.

The city's population as of 2010 census data was 53.7% female and 46.3% male. The median age was 39.1 years and the population exhibits a bimodal age distribution with peak age groups at 10-14 and 45–49 years (7.5% and 7.2%, respectively).

2000 census

As of the 2000 US Census, the median income for a household in the city was $54,099, and the median income for a family was $82,456. Males had a median income of $61,522 versus $31,051 for females. The per capita income for the city was $32,622. About 3.7% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The city has a council-manager form of government.<ref name=fj>Template:Cite news</ref> The municipality operates its own water system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The city is served by various specialized units of government:

District Number<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> Officeholder
U.S. Representative 8th Kristen McDonald Rivet
State Senate 24th Ruth Johnson
State Representative 50 Tim Sneller
County Commissioner 5 James Avery
District Court 67th 4th Division Christopher R. Odette
Community College C.S. Mott Multiple; see article

Notable people

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