This is a series of caches put out by Paldog, Bapman Crew and I for the HNY-13 event. We decided to name the caches after the counties of the great state of Michigan. Hope you enjoy the caches along the Bike Trail.
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. The county seat is Marshall. As of the 2010 census, the population was 136,146. The entire county is co-terminous with the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Calhoun County was established on October 19, 1829 and named after John C. Calhoun, who was at the time Vice President under Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's Cabinet counties. County government was first organized March 6, 1833.
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 718.44 square miles (1,860.8 km2), of which 708.72 square miles (1,835.6 km2) (or 98.65%) is land and 9.72 square miles (25.2 km2) (or 1.35%) is water.