Kinde is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 534 at the 2000 census.
The village is located on the boundary between Dwight Township and Lincoln Township, with about half of the village in both. A small portion of the village is within Meade Township.
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 a hundred years in the U.S. Senate dining room. However, the Michigan Bean Festival on Labor Day weekend is held in nearby Fairgrove.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 534 people, 209 households, and 145 families residing in…
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