Warren Michigan
In 1950
Warren
was an incorporated village of one
square mile within the boundaries of Warren Township, Macomb
County, Michigan. It was centered on the corner of
Mound Road
and
Chicago Road
.[1] The village had a population of 582 in 1940 and 727
in 1950.[2]
Warren
was incorporated as a city in 1957 and
consists of what was previously
Warren
Township
, less the city of Center Line. Between 1950 and 1960,
Warren
's population
soared from 42,653 to 89,426. This population explosion was fueled in part
by white flight from its southern neighbor of
Detroit
in that decade. This can be
easily seen as one travels north on
Van Dyke Road
(M-53). When you start
off at
8 Mile Road
,
the southern city limit, you can see many houses from the 1920s and 1930s
behind the businesses lining Van Dyke. As you travel farther north the
houses become newer, and by the time you reach
12 Mile Road
the houses are of the
1960s era. This population explosion continued into the next decade when
the city's population doubled again. As the community has matured, its
population has begun to gradually decline.
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