Inkster (Michigan)
| Inkster | |
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 Michigan Avenue |
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| Location in Wayne County and Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1835 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Wayne County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 18 ′ N , 83 ° 19 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 30,115 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,859 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.3 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 16.2 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 190 m |
| Postal code : | 48141 |
| Area code : | +1 313, 734 |
| FIPS : | 26-40680 |
| GNIS ID : | 0629039 |
| Website : | www.cityofinkster.com |
| Mayor : | Hilliard Hampton |
Inkster is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan . In the 2000 census , the city had 30,115 inhabitants.
geography
Inkster is about 20 km west of Detroit . Garden City is bounded by the square urban area in the northwest, Dearborn Heights in the northeast, east and southeast, and Westland in the west and southwest. Dearborn is just east of a small strip of Dearborn Heights, Taylor is south of it. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Romulus are located southwest and Wayne is located west of belonging to Westland areas.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.3 km²; US Highway 12 runs as Michigan Avenue from west-southwest to east-northeast through the city area. The highway thus runs roughly parallel to Fowler Creek . US Highway 24 runs north-south on the eastern edge of Inkster .
history
The area was first settled by immigrants in 1825. A post office called the Moulin Rouge was established in December 1857. Robert Inkster, a Scot from Lerwick , the capital of the Shetland Islands , operated a steam sawmill there in the early 1860s on what is now Inkster Road near Michigan Avenue. The post office was renamed Inkster in July 1863. The village became a Michigan Central Railroad station in 1878 . It was established in 1926 as a Village and in 1964 as the City incorporated .
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 30,115 people in 11,169 households and 7,460 families lived in the city. The population density was 1,857.4 people per km 2 . There were 12,013 housing units, corresponding to an average density of 740.9 housing units per km 2 .
In the city there were 11,169 households with 33.1% children under the age of 18, 34.0% were married couples living together, 26.8% had a female householder with no husband and 33.2% were non-families, 27.9 Individuals were% of all households and there were people living in 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.26.
29.8% of the population was under 18 years old, 9.2% 18 to 24, 30.3% 25 to 44, 19.8% 45 to 64, and 10.8% was 65 years or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 85.2 men.
The median household income was $ 35,950 and the median family income was $ 41,176. Males had a median income of $ 37,986 versus $ 26,567 for women. The city's per capita income was $ 16,711. 15.2% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the poverty line, of which 28.8% were young people under 18 years of age and 13.4% were those aged 65 years or older.
Popular culture and well-known residents
- Susan (Leskun) Bigelow, inventor of the push car fitness workout.
- Marcus Fizer, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, and New Orleans Hornets NBA player.
- Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, and Georgia Dobbins, three residents of Inkster, formed The Marvelettes in the Motown era . Their song "Please Mr. Postman" made it to number one in the US charts.
- J'Leon Love (* 1987), boxer, was born here.
- Tyrone Wheatley (* 1972), former Oakland Raiders running back, was born here.
- Gary Wiggins (* 1952), jazz and blues musician, was born here.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan ( English ) In: Michigan American Local History Network . Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Walter Romig [1973]: Michigan Place Names . Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1986, ISBN 0-8143-1838-X .