After a protracted discussion, the Native Americans allegedly tried to take food. The two Potawatomi had approached the camp asking for food because they were hungry as the US Army was late delivering supplies promised to them under the 1821 Treaty of Chicago. One local legend says Battle Creek was named after an encounter between a federal government land survey party led by Colonel John Mullett and two Potawatomi in March 1824. Nicknamed 'Cereal City', it is best known as the home of the Kellogg Company and the founding city of Post Consumer Brands. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731.
It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses all of Calhoun County.
state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers.
