Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Calhoun County. Nicknamed "Cereal City", it is best known as the home of WK Kellogg Co and the founding city of Post Consumer Brands. In Battle Creek, the Kellogg brothers invented the first cereal by accident in an attempt to make granola.
Midwest
Battle Creek
Calhoun County, MI
Population
52,469
Walk Score
70 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$879
Median home value
$115,600
Settled
1831
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Advent Historic District · listed 1994
- Battle Creek Sanitarium (Boundary Increase) · listed 2012
- Camp Custer Veterans Administration Hospital-United States Veterans Hospital No. 100 · listed 2012
- Maple Street Historic District · listed 1996
- Merritt Woods Historic District · listed 1994
- Van Buren Street Historic District · listed 1996
Notable landmarks
- Arnold, Adam C., Block · listed 1983
- Battle Creek City Hall · listed 1984
- Battle Creek Post Office · listed 1972
- Battle Creek Sanitarium · listed 1974
- Boys' Club Building · listed 2004
- Central National Tower · listed 2008
- City Hall Historic District · listed 1996
- Grand Trunk Railroad: Battle Creek Station
- Kellogg, W.K., House · listed 1985
- Milk Producers Company Barn · listed 2002
- Old-Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. Building · listed 2018
- Old-Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. Building
- Penn Central Railway Station · listed 1971
- Penniman Castle · listed 2001
- Record Printing and Box Company Building · listed 2019
- Veterans Administration Medical Center - Battle Creek
- Ward, Frank and Dorothy, House · listed 2014
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