Town file
Kalamazoo Township, Michigan
Kalamazoo Township, Michigan (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 491, "Sibling Death Rivalry" (9 May 2024). Kalamazoo Charter Township, Michigan, lies in two unconnected pieces on the northern edge of Kalamazoo, in Kalamazoo County.
- Town
- Kalamazoo Township
- County
- Kalamazoo County
- State
- Michigan
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 491
- Approximate location
- 42.275, -85.589
Episode 491 / 9 May 2024 / 172 min / full
Sibling Death Rivalry
"We are going to Michigan to Kalamazoo township, Michigan. It's technically Kalamazoo Charter township, but they shorten it to township. It's in Kalamazoo County." about 0:03:53
The case: The 1964 murders of Gary Smock, Charles Snyder and Vernon Laben (April to June 1964); Murder of Patricia Houk (March 1972); Murders of Linda Clark and Claudia Bidstrup (July 1972); Murder of Pamela Fiernoy (August 1972); 2017 Kalamazoo County crime spree of (2017). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 22,705
- Median household income
- $59,288 a year
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,005
- Property crime
- about average
- Assault rate
- ▲ more than double
- Murder rate
- ▲ twice
- Rape rate
- ▲ slightly high
- Robbery rate
- ▼ about a third
History, in brief
- The township was first organised as Arcadia Township by an act of the territorial legislature, the same day Kalamazoo County was organised, and took in all eight northern tier townships. about 0:05:16
- Richland Township was carved out of it and set up on its own. about 0:05:41
- In 1836 Arcadia Township was renamed Kalamazoo Township on the same day the town of Bronson was renamed Kalamazoo. about 0:05:51
- In 1837 Cooper Township was set off as well. about 0:06:43
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A wonderful quiet place to live, close to everything, very safe and a nice community."about 0:06:56
4 stars
"A great community with the perks of the city but country-like living on the outskirts, and people who are always willing to help."about 0:07:11
3 stars
"Written in 2015 by someone living in a trailer park: not ideal, but with that economy it was the best they could afford."about 0:08:01
2 stars
"The whole review: you need to have a lot of specialisation."about 0:09:29
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Hastings, Michigan30 miles
- Nashville, Michigan34 miles
- Coldwater, Michigan38 miles
- Jackson, Michigan61 miles
- Nunica, Michigan61 miles
- Auburn, Indiana68 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.