Midland, city, seat of Midland County and also in Bay County, central Michigan, at the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa rivers; incorporated as a city 1887. Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and plastic goods are manufactured here. Midland is the site of the Northwood Institute (1959), the Midland Center for the Arts, and the Dow Gardens. The community was settled in the 1830s and grew as a lumbering town until timber was depleted. In the late 1880s, the American chemist Herbert H. Dow exploited the brine deposits in the area and started a chemical industry that became the Dow Chemical Company. Population 37,250 (1980); 38,053 (1990); 41,685 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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