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Wyoming, Kent County

Well-Known Places in Wyoming

University of Michigan Health-West (formerly Metro Health Hospital), Lamar Park, Marquette Park.

Wyoming Business Districts

• 28th Street corridor
• Division Avenue corridor
• Clyde Park Avenue corridor
• Rivertown / Gezon Parkway area

Major Employers in Wyoming

University of Michigan Health-West, Wyoming Public Schools, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, Gordon Food Service (area distribution), City of Wyoming.

About Wyoming, Kent County

History of Wyoming

• European-Americans first settled the area along Buck Creek in 1832; among the earliest settlers were Robert Howlett, Luther Lincoln, Amos Gordon, and Stephen Tucker, making it the second area in Kent County settled by European-Americans.
• Organized as Wyoming Township in 1848 after separating from Byron Township; the name was carried from Wyoming County, New York, the former home of many of the first settlers (the township predates the U.S. state of Wyoming, which was admitted in 1890).
• The community of Grandville separated from Wyoming and incorporated on its own in 1933.

Landmarks and Places in Wyoming

• Rogers Plaza (opened 1961) was the first enclosed shopping mall in the state of Michigan and the first shopping mall in Western Michigan.
• Studio 28 (1965-2008), a cinema on 28th Street, expanded to 20 screens and was at one point the largest multi-screen movie complex in the world, an early example of the megaplex.
• Buck Creek, the waterway along which the community was first settled.

The Wyoming Economy

• Gordon Food Service, the large family-owned foodservice distributor, is headquartered in Wyoming and is the city's biggest private employer (around 5,000 workers).

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