Royal Oak (Michigan)
| Royal Oak | |
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 11 Mile Road (above), Woodward Dream Cruise and National Shrine of the Little Flower (center), Rackham Memorial Fountain (below) |
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| Location in county and Michigan | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1865 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Oakland County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 29 ′ N , 83 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
60,062 (status: 2000) 4,403,437 (status: 2009) |
| Population density : | 1,962.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 30.6 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 30.6 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 202 m |
| Postcodes : | 48067, 48068, 48073 |
| Area code : | +1 248 |
| FIPS : | 26-70040 |
| GNIS ID : | 0636352 |
| Website : | www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us |
| Mayor : | Jim Ellison |
Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the US state of Michigan . The city is a suburb of Detroit . In 2000, Royal Oak had 60,062 residents, making it the fifth largest in Oakland County; in Michigan it was ranked 18th overall. The city is not to be confused with the Royal Oak Charter Township , a nearby settlement. Royal Oak is the hometown of ice hockey player Alex Foster .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 30.6 km² , of which no significant areas are water. Royal Oaks geographical coordinates be 42 ° 29 ' N , 83 ° 9' W .
The neighboring cities of Royal Oaks are Pleasant Ridge , Ferndale and Hazel Park to the south, Berkley , Huntington Woods , Southfield and Beverly Hills to the west, Birmingham , Troy and Clawson to the north and Madison Heights to the east.
The Red Run originally flowed through the city. However, it was laid in a canal with a diameter of 180 cm in 1967/1968.
history
The place was in 1891 as the Village and in 1921 as City incorporated . The name probably comes from Michigan's Governor Lewis Cass , who on a trip in 1819 camped under a huge oak tree at the point where Crooks, Manchester and Main Streets cross. Because of the size of the tree, Cass called the tree the Royal Oak , alluding to the tree of the same name that provided cover to King Charles II of England when he fled the Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester . The Detroit and Pontiac Railroad reached Royal Oak in 1838.
In the 1920s, Charles Coughlin became a preacher at the Shrine of the Little Flower . The Ku Klux Klan burned a cross here in 1926. Coughlin used the incident to begin broadcasting programs. The publicity also helped him raise money to expand the church. This is how the limestone building was created with the tower from which he broadcast his sermons. In the late 1930s, Coughlin's broadcasts became more and more controversial and he eventually had to stop broadcasting in 1939.
On November 14, 1991, former US Postal Service agent Thomas McIlvane shot dead four people and then himself at the city's post office . The rampage was just one of a chain of events in which current or former postal workers assaulted and shot their colleagues. This eventually leads to the phrase going postal .
traffic
Royal Oaks station is served by Amtrak . Wolverine trains stop three times a day in both directions, connecting Royal Oak with Pontiac , Michigan and Chicago , Illinois . Rail freight is operated by the Canadian National Railway (CN).
Local public transportation (PT) by rail was once operated by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW) and later by the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) on the route between Pontiac and central Detroit, but was discontinued on October 17, 1983 . With buses, public transport is maintained by the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART).
In the southeast corner of the metropolitan area, there is a driveway to Interstate Highways I-75 and I-696 . The Woodward Avenue ( Highway M-1 ) partially forms the western city limits and crossing just south of 13 Mile Road to the Coolidge Highway , the verläuft- in north-south direction
Demographic data
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Royal Oak was inhabited by 60,062 people. The population density was 1961.9 people per km ². There were 29,942 housing units at an average of 978.1 per km ². The Royal Oak population was 94.80% White , 1.54% Black or African American , 0.26% Native American , 1.56% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.38% said others Belonging to races and 1.40% named two or more races. 1.30% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Royal Oaks distributed to 28,880 households out of which 20.4% were living in children under 18 years of age. 39.9% of households were married, 7.5% had a female head of household without a husband, and 50.0% were not families. 40.8% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.6% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.86 people.
The population was divided into 17.8% minors, 7.5% 18–24 year olds, 38.8% 25–44 year olds, 21.0% 45–64 year olds and 14.9% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 95.3 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 92.6 men.
The median household income in Royal Oak was 52,252 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 68,109 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 50,562 compared to $ 36,392 for women. The per capita income was $ 30,990. 4.3% of the population and 2.0% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 3.4% of minors and 5.5% of the age group 65 and over.
schools
In 2006 the city's two public high schools were merged to form Royal Oak High School , and in 2007 the same move was made for the middle schools. The number of elementary schools was reduced to six. Two of the closed schools were demolished in autumn 2007 against parents' resistance.
administration
Royal Oak is ruled by a city manager . This is appointed by the city council, which is made up of the mayor and six city councilors, and handles the day-to-day business.
sons and daughters of the town
- Christopher George (1931–1983), actor
- Bruce Campbell (* 1958), actor, film producer and writer
- Sam Raimi (* 1959), director, film producer and screenwriter
- Paul Feig (* 1962), actor, screenwriter, director, producer and author
- Mark Beaufait (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Dean Fertita (* 1970), rock musician and multi-instrumentalist
- Lauren Lopez (born 1986), actress
- Meryl Davis (* 1987), figure skater
- Mark Mitera (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Charlie White (born 1987), figure skater
Individual evidence
- ^ Penney, David G. Ph.D .: A Run Ran Through It: Red Run, The Ghost River of Royal Oak ( English ) CO Headquarters. November 28, 2001. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ↑ Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State . In: US History Publishers (Ed.): Federal Writers' Project . 1949, ISBN 978-1-60354-021-6 (English, google.com [accessed April 28, 2009]).
- ↑ Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State . In: US History Publishers (Ed.): Federal Writers' Project . 1949, ISBN 978-1-60354-021-6 , pp. 239 (English, google.com [accessed April 28, 2009]).
- ↑ Father Charles E. Coughlin, The Radio Priest ( English ) In: Detroit News : Michigan History . July 23, 1995. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- ↑ Ex-Postal Worker Kills 3 and Wounds 6 in Michigan (English) . Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ↑ Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Government Overview ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , City of Royal Oak. Accessed May 2, 2008
