Edwardsburg, Michigan

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Edwardsburg is a village in Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,147 at the 2000 census.

Edwardsburg is the birthplace of Becky Breisch, 2005 USA Outdoors discus throw champion and 8-time NCAA All American. Breisch graduated from Edwardsburg High School in 2001.

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (8.91%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 1,147 people, 507 households, and 319 families residing in the village. The population density was 481.4/km² (1,244.3/mi²). There were 531 housing units at an average density of 222.8/km² (576.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.94% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 2.35% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.44% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 507 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $33,359, and the median income for a family was $37,132. Males had a median income of $32,969 versus $21,319 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,842. About 8.7% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

• Edwardsburg prides itself as being "The Fishing-Bait Capital of the World", due to the huge fishing/hunting emporium entitled Lunker's, which is located within its borders.
• Edwardsburg had its own family-owned restauranted named "Jack's Junction" with a friendly train theme and an innovative set-up including orders made through in-house phonelines and varying floor levels and was considered a very friendly and tasty eatery. However, it went out of business when a McDonald's opened a few doors down. The vacant building was bought by a financially-stable company and it's now called "Maple Cafe". It still serves food, sans the trains, phones, and varying floor levels. Residents say the building has lost its intoxicating, inescapable joyous charm.
• Edwardsburg is home to the semi-popular Legends Bar & Grill. Legends had a very interesting construction. The construction of the friendly bar and grill seemed to go on and off, with no one working on it for months at a time.