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J. W. Westcott II is a post office boat that delivers mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and, as it is an official post office for the United States Postal Service, it also contains the only floating ZIP Code in the United States—48222.
Name Image Location Summary Bricktown Historic District Separates the Renaissance Center from Greektown.: Bricktown separates the Renaissance Center from Greektown. [citation needed] Bricktown is home to St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, the oldest standing church in Detroit, and the Italian Renaissance style Wayne County Building (which was saved from demolition in the early 1980s).
Springfield Township was established by the Michigan Legislature on March 2, 1836. Civil government was first organized April 3, 1837. Springfield, one of the first settlements in the area, began with a hotel along the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike, now known as Dixie Highway.
A western suburb of Detroit, Van Buren Township is located roughly 28 miles (45.1 km) southwest of downtown Detroit, and 17 miles (27.4 km) southeast of Ann Arbor. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 30,375. [3] It surrounds, but is independent of, the city of Belleville.
An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Dearborn Heights is located about 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Detroit. The city shares a small border with Detroit, and is considered a bedroom community. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 63,292. [6]
A northern suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Bloomfield Hills is located roughly 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, and is surrounded on most sides by Bloomfield Township. As of the 2023 census, the city had a population of 4,377.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.09 square miles (18.36 km 2), all land. [5]Although 91% of the buildings in Madison Heights are single-family homes or condominiums (approximately 9,800 residential property owners), 60% of the tax base is fueled by light industrial or commercial property.
Huntington Woods is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.An inner-ring suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Huntington Woods is located roughly 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of downtown Detroit.