What is "dowagiac"

Population (2000): 6147
Housing Units (2000): 2631
Land area (2000): 4.015565 sq. miles (10.400264 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.027772 sq. miles (0.071928 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.043337 sq. miles (10.472192 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22880
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 41.984415 N, 86.108032 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49047
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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