Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan

Coordinates: 42°34′35″N 83°16′01″W / 42.57639°N 83.26694°W / 42.57639; -83.26694
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Bloomfield Township, Michigan
FIPS code
26-09110[1]
GNIS feature ID1625952[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

Bloomfield Township is a charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Bloomfield Township is located roughly 20 miles (32 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 44,253.[3]

Established in 1827, it is the oldest township of Oakland County. In 2014, Bloomfield Township was ranked the most expensive community in which to live in the state of Michigan with a median home price of $224,977.[4]

Communities

The Township has no incorporated villages and multiple unincorporated communities:

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.99 square miles (67.31 km2), of which 24.63 square miles (63.79 km2) is land and 1.36 square miles (3.5 km2) (5.23%) is water.[14]

Bloomfield Township borders Pontiac and Auburn Hills to the north. The cities of Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham are within the original survey township. West Bloomfield Township is to the west, the city of Troy is to the east, and Southfield Township is to the south. Bloomfield Township shares a small border with the city of Keego Harbor in the northwest corner of the township. The main branch of the Rouge River rises in the township in Oakland County.

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.38% of the population.

There were 16,804 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $103,897, and the median income for a family was $123,381 (These figures had risen to $119,233 and $144,033 as of a 2007 estimate

poverty line
, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

Culture

Kirk in the Hills

Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township has been host to a number of major professional golf events, including six U.S. Opens and the 2004 Ryder Cup.

Bloomfield Township is also home to the Detroit Skating Club where a number of figure skaters have trained, including single skaters

Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Naomi Lang/Peter Tchernyshev, Elizabeth Punsalan/Jerod Swallow. Coaches based at the DSC include Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen (single skating), Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, Elizabeth Punsalan, Natalia Annenko-Deller (ice dancing).[16]

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public school districts

The township's primary public school district is

Pontiac School District.[17]

The sole BHS district comprehensive high school is

Andover High School and Lahser High School.[18][19]

Two portions of Bloomfield Township are in the Birmingham Public Schools district (BPS). Students in the southeastern portion of the township, wrapping around the city of Birmingham, are zoned to one of four elementary schools (Harlan, Pembroke, Pierce, or Quarton), Derby Middle School, and Seaholm High School. Students in a small portion Bloomfield Township northwest of the intersection of Fourteen Mile Rd. and Lahser Rd. are zoned to Bingham Farms Elementary, Berkshire Middle School, and Groves High School. Students on the western side of the township, along with portions of BPS that extend into West Bloomfield Township, are zoned to West Maple Elementary, Berkshire Middle School, and Groves High School.

A portion of northeast Bloomfield Township is within the Avondale School District. Students in that section are zoned to R. Grant Graham Elementary School in Auburn Hills, Avondale Middle School in Rochester Hills, and Avondale High School in Auburn Hills.[20]

Private schools and international programs

The Lower School and Junior School campuses of the

Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham
.

The French School of Detroit has its administrative offices at Meadow Lake Elementary School in the township.[19][21] Preschool classes are held at Meadow Lake,[22] while elementary school students attend classes at Meadow Lake and at any one of four partner elementary schools, including West Maple Elementary in Bloomfield Township.[23]

Kensington Academy, a Catholic boy's elementary and middle school, first opened on the Sacred Heart campus in 1969. It moved into its own facility in 1982. In 2006 it announced that it was merging with Sacred Heart.[24] At one time it occupied a facility in Bloomfield Township.[25]

The

weekend supplementary education program for Japanese nationals of primary and secondary school age, first started holding classes at Kensington Academy in 1981.[26] It later had its school offices in the former Kensington Academy facility in Bloomfield Township.[27]

Notable people

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan
  3. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Bloomfield charter township, Oakland County, Michigan; United States". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ "Most Expensive Suburbs 2010 - Yahoo! Real Estate". 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "About Bloomfield Village Association..." www.bloomfieldvillage.net. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  6. ^ "Bloomfield Village Association...BVA Administration". www.bloomfieldvillage.net. Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  7. ^ "Bloomfield Village maintains traditions".
  8. ^ Muniweb. "Bloomfield Village Police, Bloomfield Township, Michigan (MI)". www.bloomfieldtwp.org.
  9. ^ http://www.bloomfieldtwp.org/Services/Fire/PDF/AnnualReport2012.pdf, p.25
  10. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charing Cross, Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
  11. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charing Cross Station (historical), Michigan
  12. ^ Romig 1986, p. 115.
  13. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Grove, Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
  14. 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau
    . September 2012. p. 36 Michigan. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  15. ^ 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, United States Census Bureau
  16. ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold; Rutherford, Lynn (August 19, 2011). "Summer Notebook: Rockin' the ice in Detroit". icenetwork. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  17. Oakland Press
    . June 12, 2013. Retrieved on May 7, 2014. "Pontiac school district spreads from Pontiac into portions of seven surrounding communities including Auburn Hills, Sylvan Lake, Lake Angeles and townships of Bloomfield, Orion, Waterford and West Bloomfield."
  18. ^ "Home." Bloomfield Hills High School. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. "Bloomfield Hills High School Main Campus 3456 Lahser Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302" and "Bloomfield Hills High School 9th Grade Campus 2800 Lahser Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302"
  19. ^ a b "Bloomfield Township Street Map." (Archive) Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. Meadow Lake Elementary (7100 Lindenmere) is in Square #31.
  20. ^ "District Map" (Archive). Avondale School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2015.
  21. ^ "Contact Us" (Archive). French School of Detroit. Retrieved on April 28, 2015. "Meadow Lake Center 7100 Lindenmere Drive Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301-USA[...]L'Ecole Française de Détroit est située dans la banlieue Nord de la ville, dans la zone résidentielle de Birmingham Public schools. The French School of Detroit is located in the northern suburb of Detroit, in the residential area of Birmingham Public Schools."
  22. ^ "Bilingual Preschool." French School of Detroit. Retrieved on June 20, 2015. "Location: Meadow Lake Center, 7100 Lindenmere Drive, Bloomfield MI 48301"
  23. ^ "Elementary." French School of Detroit. Retrieved on June 20, 2015. "Location: Meadow Lake Center, 7100 Lindenmere Drive, Bloomfield MI 48301 Students are transported by bus to one partner elementary school."
  24. ^ "Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills and Kensington Academy in Beverly Hills Announce Merger" (Archive). Academy of the Sacred Heart. July 31, 2006. Retrieved on April 16, 2015.
  25. U.S. Federal Communications Commission
    . Retrieved on April 16, 2015. p. 18/25. "Kensington Academy 1020 E. Square Lake Rd. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan"
  26. ^ "JSD History" (). Japanese School of Detroit. May 2, 2001. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "昭和４８年　　６月　　デトロイト日本語補習授業校開設、私立クランブルック・ブルックサイド校借用。 （１９７３）" and "（１９８１）　　１０月　　児童・生徒増のため、私立ケンジントン・アカデミー校に移転。" and "（１９８７）　　　４月　　児童・生徒増のため、ケンジントン校に加え、公立シーホーム校との２校体制に拡大。" and "４月　　児童生徒増のため、ケンジントン校・シーホーム校に加え、公立コビントン校との ３校体制に拡大。 " and "（１９９９）　　事務局移転（インターナショナル・アカデミー校→旧オークランド・シュタイナー校） "
  27. ^ "JSD の所在地･案内図 JSDの事務局 JSD Map-JSD Main Office" (). Japanese School of Detroit. July 18, 2001. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "1020 E. Square Lk. Rd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304"
  28. ^ Prewitt, Alex (5 March 2019). "'Journey of a Warrior': Kesler travels long road to reach 1,000 games". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Abby Quinn Describes Her Character In 'Landline' As Her Opposite". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  30. ^ "Andy Levin announces bid for father's seat in Congress". Crain's Detroit Business. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Sources

  • Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan:
    ISBN 978-0814318386
    .

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