Waterford (Michigan)
| Waterford | |
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 Oakland County location
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1834 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Oakland County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 42 ′ N , 83 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 72,166 (as of 2012) |
| Population density : | 888.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 91.4 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 81.2 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 289 m |
| Postcodes : | 48327-48330 |
| Area code : | +1 248 |
| FIPS : | 26-84240 |
| GNIS ID : | 1627218 |
| Website : | twp.waterford.mi.us |
| Mayor : | Gary Wall |
Waterford is a charter township in Oakland County in the US state of Michigan with a good 70,000 inhabitants.
The place is about 15 kilometers northwest of Pontiac and five kilometers south of Clarkston between Lake Angelus in the east and the source of the Huron River in the west.
Personalities
- Mary Barra (* 1961), manager
- Billie S. Farnum (1916–1979), politician
- Dylan Larkin (* 1996), ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL
- Jean Prahm (* 1978), bobsledder
- Samuel William Smith (1852–1931), politician
- Mike York (* 1978), ice hockey player with the Iserlohn Roosters in the DEL