2010 census [edit]. As of the census of 2010, there were 2,184 people, 925 households, and 564 families residing in the city. The population density was 618.7 inhabitants per square mile (238.9/km 2). There were 1,082 housing units at an average density of 306.5 per square mile (118.3/km 2).
Anton van Leeuwenhoek. It was Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a Dutch draper and scientist, and one of the pioneers of microscopy who in the late 17th century became the first man to make and use a real microscope.
There is a lot of controversy regarding the inventor of compound microscope. Though, there are three contenders-Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Jansen-Hans Janssen and Giovanni Faber who coined the name 'Microscope' for Galileo Galilei's compound microscope in 1625. Galileo used to call it the 'Occhiolino' or 'Little eye'. However, Zacharias Jansen and Hans Janssen are widely regarded as the inventors of compound microscope. Zacharias Jansen was a Dutch spectacle-maker from Middelburg. He is also known as Zacharias Janssen and Sacharias Jansen. During 1590-1595, zaccharias janssen and his son hans, while experimenting with several lenses in a tube, discovered that nearby objects appeared greatly enlarged.