Map of Climax village, Michigan

Climax is a village in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 767 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Climax Township on the northern boundary with Charleston Township, and is roughly 12 miles (19 km) west of Battle Creek and 16 miles (26 km) east of Kalamazoo. Climax shares a school district with the neighboring town of Scotts.

Climax village overview:
Name:	Climax village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Kalamazoo County
Elevation:	965 ft (294 m)
Total Area:	1.05 sq mi (2.73 km²)
Land Area:	1.05 sq mi (2.73 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	712
Population Density:	674.88/sq mi (260.54/km²)
ZIP code:	49034
Area code:	269
FIPS code:	2616440
GNISfeature ID:	0623472

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History

In 1825, John Mullet was among the first white settlers in Climax, along with Calvin White (1831), and the Farnsworth brothers (1832) More Euro-American settlement of this area began in 1838. It was incorporated as a village in 1899.

Climax got its name in 1834, when the family of Judge Caleb Eldred found a prairie after months of searching for good farmland. His son, Daniel B. Eldred, climbed a tree to look around and said, “This caps the climax of everything we saw.”

On December 3, 1896, Climax and the surrounding area was the first community to receive free rural mail service from the U.S. Post Office in the state of Michigan.