St. Clair Shores

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St. Clair Shores
Macomb County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas St. Clair Shores Highlighted.svg
Location in county and Michigan
Basic data
Foundation : 1710
State : United States
State : Michigan
County : Macomb County
Coordinates : 42 ° 29 ′  N , 82 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 82 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 63,096 (status: 2000)
4,403,437 (status: 2009)
Population density : 2,110.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 36.9 km 2  (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of
which 29.9 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 176 m
Postcodes : 48080-48082
Area code : +1 586
FIPS : 26-70760
GNIS ID : 0636601
Website : www.ci.saint-clair-shores.mi.us
Mayor : Robert A. Hison

St. Clair Shores is a city in Macomb County , Michigan . It is located about 13 miles northeast of Detroit and is part of its catchment area . In 2000 the city had 63,096 inhabitants.

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city ​​has an area of ​​36.9 km² , of which 29.9 km² is land and 7.0 km² (= 19.09%) is water. A notable feature of the city are the 22 kilometers of banks of canals.

The city is located on the western shore of Lake Saint Clair , from which the city takes its name. The geographical coordinates of the town be 42 ° 30 '  N , 82 ° 54'  W .

name of the city

An expedition led by the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle named the lake Lac Sainte-Claire , as they discovered it on August 12, 1679. This day falls on Clare of Assisi in the calendar of saints . On English maps the lake is already listed as Saint Clare in 1710 . The Mitchell map , published in 1755, uses the St. Clair spelling . Sometimes the name is also associated with Arthur St. Clair . This was a general in the American Revolutionary War and governor of the Northwest Territory , but the name of the lake was in use in the current spelling long before St. Clair was known. However, it is possible that the naming of various political entities near the lake and the river of the same name was favored by the general's fame, such as St. Clair County , St. Clair Township and the cities of St. Clair and St. Clair Shores.

The origin of the name is also incorrectly associated with Patrick Sinclair . He was a British officer who bought land on the St. Clair River near the Pine River . There he built Fort Sinclair in 1764 , which was used for almost twenty years before it was abandoned.

history

Today's St. Clair Shores began in a settlement that was built around 1779 under the name L'Anse Creuse (French; German about deep bay ). When the settlement was incorporated as a Village in 1925 , it was given its current name. The hamlets of Lake Shore and Eagle Point also merged into the new village. Two years later, St. Slair Shores received a post office. In 1950 the place was incorporated as a city .

A lighthouse was built in the middle of the 19th century. Its operator was one of the organizations that eventually formed today's United States Coast Guard . In 1941, it opened the St. Clair Flats guard station, the first coast guard station on Lake St. Clair. This coast guard station has been located in St. Clair Shores since 1990, after having had a branch here since 1954.

Demographic data

At the time of the United States Census 2000, Lake St. Clair Shore was inhabited by 63,096 people. The population density was 2112.9 people per km ². There were 28,208 housing units at an average of 944.6 per km ². The Lake St. Clair Shores population was 96.89% White , 0.69% Black or African American , 0.28% Native American , 0.84% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.18% of belonging to other races and 1.10% mentioned two or more races. 1.18% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.

The residents of Lake St. Clair Shores distributed to 27,434 households out of which 24.1% were living in children under 18 years of age. 49.5% of households were married, 10.0% had a female head of the household without a husband and 37.0% were not families. 32.7% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 16.3% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 65 and the average family size was 2.28.

The population was divided into 2.92% minors, 20.2% 18–24 year olds, 6.2% 25–44 year olds, 28.8% 45–64 year olds and 23.1% aged 65 and over or more. The mean age was 21.8 years. For every 100 women there were 42 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 90.9 men.

The median household income in Lake St. Clair Shore was 86.8 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 49,047 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 59,245 compared to $ 46,614 for women. The per capita income was US dollars. 25,009% of the population and 3.7% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 2.6% of minors and 4.4% of those aged 65 and over.

schools

St. Clair Shores is divided into three different school districts - South Lake, Lakeview, and Lake Shore. There's a high school in each of them. There are also the private schools of St. Germaine, St. Isaac Jogues and St. Joan of Arc.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Lee Jenks: St. Clair County, Michigan, its history and its people; a narrative account of its historical progress and its principal interests ( English ) In: Michigan County Histories . Retrieved April 21, 2009.
  2. ^ William Lee Jenks: St. Clair County, Michigan, its history and its people; a narrative account of its historical progress and its principal interests ( English ) In: Michigan County Histories . Pp. 23-24. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ George N. Fuller: Local history and personal sketches of St. Clair and Shiawassee counties ( English ) In: Michigan County Histories . Pp. 21-22. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Walter Romig: Michigan Place Names ( English ). Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1986, ISBN 9780814318386 , pp. 167, 315, 493.
  5. ^ History of Station St. Clair Shores ( English ) United States Coast Guard . Retrieved April 17, 2010.