Kal'amazoo', MICH., the county-seat of Kalamazoo co., 50 mi. s. of Grand Rapids, on the Kalamazoo River and on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, the Michigan Central and several other railroads. The city is in an agricultural district where celery is the chief product, along with considerable quantities of fruits and grains. Kalamazoo College and the Western State Normal School are located here. Other important structures are the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, the city hall, the post-office the public library and the Y. M. C. A. building. The manufactures include paper, wagons, buggies, windmills, engines, machinery, undertakers' supplies and various articles for women's wear. The place was settled by the Titus brothers in 1829 and was chartered as a city in 1884. Population in 1910, 39,437.