Lincoln Park, Michigan
| Lincoln Park Michigan | |
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| City | |
| Nickname(s): Crossroads of Downriver | |
 Location in Wayne County and the state of Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 42°14′37″N 83°10′51″W / 42.24361°N 83.18083°WCoordinates: 42°14′37″N 83°10′51″W / 42.24361°N 83.18083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tom Karnes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.89 sq mi (15.26 km2) |
| • Land | 5.89 sq mi (15.26 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 587 ft (179 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 38,144 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 37,478 |
| • Density | 6,476.1/sq mi (2,500.4/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48146 |
| Area code(s) | 313 |
| FIPS code | 26-47800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0630462 |
| Website | http://lincolnpark.govoffice.com/ |
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It lies in an area of cities and communities known as Downriver. The population was 38,144 at the 2010 census. The settlement was organized as a village in 1921, and reorganized as a city in 1925. The area was originally home to the Potawatomi Indians who ceded the land to a French settler, Pierre St. Cosme, in 1776. It developed as a bedroom community, providing homes to workers in the nearby steel mills and automobile plants of the Detroit area while having no industry within its bounds.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.89 square miles (15.26 km2), all land. The north and south branches of the Ecorse River run through Lincoln Park and join just before leaving the city.
Lincoln Park borders the cities of Detroit, Allen Park, Melvindale, Ecorse, Wyandotte, and Southgate.
By 2015, many Hispanic businesses had opened along Dix Highway and Fort Street.
Long before Lincoln Park was incorporated as a city, an area along the Ecorse River was the site of a pivotal meeting during Pontiac's Rebellion. On April 27, 1763, a council of several American Indian tribes from the Detroit region listened to a speech from the Ottawa leader Pontiac. Pontiac urged the listeners to join him in a surprise attack on the British Fort Detroit, which they attempted on May 9. Today, the area is known as Council Point Park, and a small engraved boulder marks the site of the historic meeting.
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