Excerpt from The Americana, Vol. 9: An Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., Of the World Government, History and Population. The government is vested in a mayor, public commissioners, and a council of nine members. Elected annually. The school board is chosen by popular election. Kalamazoo was settled in June, 1829, by Titus Bronson of Connecticut. It was incorporated as a village in April, 1843. And for many years enjoyed the distinction of being the largest village in the United States. It was made a city in April, 1884. Pop. (1880) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.