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Cadillac Demographics
Population
2000 Census - 10,000
Trading and Labor Drawing Area
65,000 population
Area within the City
Nine square miles with a large lake incorporated within city limits
Location
Approximately 100 miles north of Grand Rapids and 49 miles southeast of Traverse City
Government
Council / Manager (one of the first in Michigan); county seat for Wexford County
Incorporated
1877
Major industries
- Boat manufacturing
- Rubber products
- Medical care
- Vacuum cleaner manufacturing
- Heavy truck parts
- Automobile parts manufacturing
- Iron foundry
- Military hardware
- Beverage distributing
- Tourism
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- In 1840, Wexford County was called Kautowaubet, an Indian name meaning land of water. In 1843, it was named Wexford after a county in Ireland.
- Cadillac previously was known as the Village of Clam Lake.
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