Inkster, Michigan
| Inkster, Michigan | |
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| City | |
| City of Inkster | |
Michigan Avenue at Beech Daly Road, facing west
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 Location in Wayne County and the state of Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 42°17′33″N 83°18′51″W / 42.29250°N 83.31417°WCoordinates: 42°17′33″N 83°18′51″W / 42.29250°N 83.31417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| Settled | 1835 |
| Incorporation | 1926 (village) 1964 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Byron Nolen |
| • City Manager | Mark Stuhldreher |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.25 sq mi (16.19 km2) |
| • Land | 6.25 sq mi (16.19 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 623 ft (190 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 25,369 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 24,962 |
| • Density | 4,059.0/sq mi (1,567.2/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48141 |
| Area code(s) | 313, 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-40680 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0629039 |
| Website | http://www.cityofinkster.com/ |
Inkster is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. At the 2010 census, the city population was 25,369. It is one of the few Metro Detroit suburbs whose population is majority African American.
The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, but was settled by non-indigenous people in 1825. A post office named "Moulin Rouge" was established there in December 1857. Robert Inkster, a Scotsman born March 27, 1828, in Lerwick, Shetland, operated a steam sawmill on present-day Inkster Road near Michigan Avenue in the early 1860s.
The post office was renamed Inkster in July 1863. The village had a station on the Michigan Central Railroad by 1878. It incorporated as a village in 1926 from parts of Nankin Township and Dearborn Township. After much legal wrangling by the city of Dearborn, Dearborn Township, and the village of Inkster to sort out final borders for these communities, Inkster was incorporated as a city in 1964.
In the 1920s and 1930s, African-Americans working in Henry Ford's factories settled in Inkster because they didn't want to commute from Detroit and they weren't allowed to live in Dearborn.
As a result of the police beating of Floyd Dent in January, 2015, which was caught on a police vehicle's dash cam and released to the public, the victim was awarded $1.4 million. A special assessment of Inkster residents will pay for the settlement, on their July 1, 2015 property tax bill.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.25 square miles (16.19 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 25,369 people, 9,821 households, and 6,175 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,059.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,567.2/km2). There were 11,647 housing units at an average density of 1,863.5 per square mile (719.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 73.2% African American, 20.5% White, 0.3% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.
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