Southfield, MI Summer Camps

About Southfield, MI

Southfield is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan . It is a suburb of Detroit . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 71,739. Southfield Township is adjacent to the city on the north side. A part of Metro Detroit 's upscale office market, the city's marque is a cluster of five golden skyscrapers - known as the "Golden Triangle" - that form the contemporary 2,200,000 square feet Southfield Town Center office complex with a Westin Hotel and a conference center. In addition, a 33-story luxury residential high-rise is separate from the complex. Southfield has other skyscrapers too. To the west, near the confluence of I-696/Reuther Freeway and M-10/Lodge Freeway, is the American Center .

History of Southfield, MI

History Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor Lewis Cass . The first settlers came from nearby Birmingham and Royal Oak, Michigan , as well as the states of New York and Vermont . The area that would become Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Among the founders were the Heth, Stephens, Harmon, McClelland and Thompson families. It was first organized as a township under the name "Ossewa" on July 12, 1830, but the name was changed just seventeen days later to Southfield. Southfield took its name from its location in the "south fields" of Bloomfield Township . A post office was established in 1833 and the first town hall built in 1873. The Southfield Fire Department was formed on April 6, 1942, and the Southfield Police Department in 1953. Southfield Town Center In the 1950's, cities and villages began to incorporated within the township, including Lathrup Village in 1950, and Beverly Hills in 1957. Most of what was left of the township was formally incorporated as a city on April 28, 1958 to protect it from annexation attempts by the surrounding incorporated communities.

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