Vicksburg Michigan Map

About Vicksburg, Michigan

Vicksburg is a locality in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,934. The population density is 499.5 people per km². Vicksburg is located at 42.1200°N, 85.5328°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 49097.

Vicksburg rests in a landscape of gentle swells and shadowed hollows, where the land sighs with the coming of autumn and exhales the sweet, damp scent of ripening fields. It lies 6.1 miles south-south-east of Portage, MI (from Portage, MI: bearing 157°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east of Schoolcraft. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a certain luminescence, a soft amber glow that gilds the silos and softens the edges of the weathered barns. Fields of corn, their stalks now brittle and whispering secrets to the wind, stretch towards distant stands of oak and maple, their leaves beginning their annual conflagration of reds and golds. Ditches along the quiet country roads are fringed with Queen Anne's lace, its delicate white umbrellas nodding in the breeze, a quiet beauty in the ordinary. The story of Vicksburg is a tale of water and ingenuity, of a place that harnessed the power of its streams to grow. Once a hub for the milling and manufacturing industries, the very essence of its early economy was tied to the flow of the Kalamazoo River's tributaries, their ceaseless movement powering the ambitions of its founders. Today, while the thrum of heavy industry has quieted, a spirit of resourceful agriculture persists, with orchards and farms still dotting the surrounding countryside, their bounty a familiar sight at local markets. The legacy of those early days can be felt in the sturdy brick buildings downtown, a quiet testament to a time when Vicksburg was a vital node in the region’s commercial arteries, a place where commerce and community flowed together like the very water that gave it life.

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This page provides an interactive Google map of Vicksburg, Michigan with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Vicksburg and Kalamazoo County.

Detailed location data for Vicksburg includes the ZIP code (49097), telephone area code (269), county seat of Kalamazoo County (Kalamazoo), and school district assignment (Vicksburg Community Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Vicksburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.