What is "big rapids"

Population (2000): 10849
Housing Units (2000): 3654
Land area (2000): 4.245277 sq. miles (10.995217 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.148245 sq. miles (0.383952 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.393522 sq. miles (11.379169 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08300
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.698919 N, 85.481208 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49307
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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