Kinde

History

Businessman John Kinde arrived in Michigan's central Thumb area in the early 1880s and established a general store, lumber yard, grain elevator and post office. Train service began in 1882 with the construction of track by the Port Huron and Northwestern Railroad. Kinde was renowned as the "bean capital of the world." Michigan bean soup has been a staple for over one hundred years in the U.S. Senate dining room in the form of Senate bean soup. However, the [http://www.michiganbeanfestival.com/ Michigan Bean Festival] on Labor Day weekend is held in nearby Fairgrove. The village is home to the St. Peter's Lutheran Church.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  755
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  735
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  734
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  727
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  669
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  633
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  601
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  537