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Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Calhoun county. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,364.

It is the world headquarters of Kellogg Company, founded by brothers, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and William Keith Kellogg, who invented cold breakfast cereal as an alternative to the traditional meat based breakfast. It is also the home of Post Cereals, which was part of General Foods Corporation and is now part of Kraft Foods.

Battle Creek was featured in the T.C. Boyle novel The Road to Wellville and the movie of the same name.

Points of interest:
Leila Arboretum
Ira A. Beck Masonic Lodge #503
Binder Park Zoo
Battle Creek Sanitarium (now the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center)
Full Blast Indoor/Outdoor Water Park and Arcade
The Rink (ice skating)
Lakeview Square Mall
Harper Creek Village (Shopping Plaza)

Festivals:
World's Longest Breakfast Table
Battle Creek Balloon Festival
International Festival of Lights

Colleges and Universities:
Kellogg Community College, a 2-year college founded in 1956.
Miller College, a 4-year institution which shares KCC's facilities
Western Michigan University's Battle Creek Branch - The Kendall Center
Spring Arbor University Battle Creek Branch

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 113.1 km² (43.7 mi²). 110.9 km² (42.8 mi²) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (1.92%) is water, making Battle Creek the third largest city in Michigan by area, and one of only three incorporated municipalities in the state over 40 mi² in size. Of this area, part of the Fort Custer Army National Guard Base/Industrial Park takes up 4.96 mi² or approximately 10.6% of the total land area of the city.

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