Wyandotte, Michigan
| Wyandotte, Michigan | |
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| City | |
Biddle Avenue at Maple and 1st Streets in the downtown area
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 Location in Wayne County and the state of Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 42°12′31″N 83°9′45″W / 42.20861°N 83.16250°WCoordinates: 42°12′31″N 83°9′45″W / 42.20861°N 83.16250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Incorporated | April 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Type | council-mayor |
| • Mayor | Joseph Peterson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.01 sq mi (18.16 km2) |
| • Land | 5.27 sq mi (13.65 km2) |
| • Water | 1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2) |
| Elevation | 581 ft (177 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 25,883 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 25,485 |
| • Density | 4,911.4/sq mi (1,896.3/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 48192, 48193 |
| Area code(s) | 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-88900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1616849 |
| Website | http://www.wyandotte.net/ |
Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,883 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 7.6% from 2000. Wyandotte is located in southeastern Michigan, approximately 11 miles (18 km) south of Detroit on the Detroit River, and is part of the collection of communities known as Downriver. Wyandotte is bounded by Southgate (west), Lincoln Park (northwest), Riverview (south), Ecorse (north) and Lasalle (east).
Wyandotte is a sister city to Komaki, Japan, and each year delegates from Komaki come to Wyandotte to tour the city.
Founded as a village in 1854 (deeded by John Biddle to Eber Ward, et al. on December 12, 1854), Wyandotte was incorporated as a city, and granted a charter by the State of Michigan, on December 12, 1866, with the first city election held in April 1867, thus making it the oldest incorporated city in Wayne County other than Detroit. The site where Wyandotte sits today in the 18th century was a small village called by the native Indians "Maquaqua" and by the local French "Monguagon". This Native American tribe was known as the Wyandot or Wendat, and were part of the Huron nation originally from the Georgian Bay area of Canada.
It was from near here, along the banks of Ecorse Creek, now a northern boundary of the present-day city, that Chief Pontiac plotted his failed attack against the British garrisoned Fort of Detroit, in 1763. The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak Street and Eureka Road near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe. The tribe was considered peaceable and friendly with the British, the remaining French in the area, and the newly arrived Americans.
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