Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Bangor, MI

Bangor is a city in Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan, located in the northeast corner of Bangor Township but politically independent of it.

Bangor was first organized as a town in 1854 and was named after Bangor, Maine.

Bangor had a population of 2,016 at the 2020 census, up 6.9% from 1,885 in 2010, with 742 households counted in 2020.

Bangor is a notably young city, with a median age of just 34.4 years at the 2020 census and 28.6% of residents under the age of 18.

Hispanic or Latino residents made up 27.4% of Bangor's population at the 2020 census, reflecting the farmworker communities of Van Buren County's fruit-growing region.

Bangor covers only about 1.85 square miles, yet it has its own Amtrak depot served by the Pere Marquette train running between Grand Rapids and Chicago.

The Bangor Public Schools district runs an elementary school, Bangor Middle School, and Bangor High School, whose Vikings compete in the Southwest 10 Conference.

Peter Gent, who played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and wrote the novel North Dallas Forty, was born in Bangor and led Bangor High School to a Michigan state basketball championship in 1960.

Composer and jazz pianist Hall Overton and bandleader Thelma Terry, of Thelma Terry and Her Playboys, were both also born in Bangor.

Bangor has its own ZIP code, 49013, and sits in Michigan's 269 area code.