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Oakland County, Michigan

US county information
NameOakland County
StateMichigan
SeatPontiac
US Area
Total Area908 sq mi (2351.7 km2)
Land Area873 sq mi (2261.1 km2)
Water Area35 sq mi (90.7 km2)
Population1194156 (2000)
Density536.9/km2 (1391/sq mi)
FoundedJanuary 12, 1819

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Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,205,508. The county seat is Pontiac. Oakland County is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, though the actual city of Detroit is located in neighboring Wayne County, south of Eight Mile Road. Oakland County is home to 62 cities, villages and townships. These communities range from blue-collar, inner-ring suburbs like Ferndale and Hazel Park, to wealthy cities such as Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield Township, and Franklin. The white-collar cities of Troy, Southfield, Farmington Hills, and Auburn Hills host a diverse mix of Fortune 500 companies. The cities of Royal Oak, home of the Detroit Zoological Park, and Ferndale attract many young people to their mature, bohemian downtowns, which have many restaurants, shops and night clubs. Oakland County is also home to Oakland University, a large public institution that straddles the Auburn Hills and Rochester border.

Metro Detroit's suburbs are among the most affluent in the nation. Oakland County is the 4th wealthiest county in the United States among counties with more than one million people. The county's knowledge-based economic initiative, coined "Automation Alley", is one of the largest employment centers for engineering and related occupations in the United States. Oakland County has shared in the recent economic hardships brought on by troubles at General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, although it has fared better than Detroit and Flint, as its economy is more diverse and less reliant on manufacturing jobs. All three automotive companies are major employers within southeast Michigan and have a significant presence within Oakland County.

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Oakland County reloads its free Wi-Fi effort - Detroit Free Press Tweet this news
Detroit Free Press--The -county's- last foray into providing wireless across all 910 square miles of -Oakland- ran into -Michigan's- sour economy. The -county- contracted with a ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:08:55 GMT+00:00
Novi Now - Hometownlife.com Tweet this news
Hometownlife.com--The Road Commission for -Oakland County- (RCOC) reminds residents and business owners that it is illegal under -Michigan- law to shovel or plow snow or ice onto ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:25:50 GMT+00:00
Oakland County announces cloud computing, Wi-Fi initiatives - Metromode Media Tweet this news
Metromode Media--The grant is meant to help Air Advantage make Internet services available in underserved areas within a 13--county- section of eastern -Michigan-. ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:48:13 GMT+00:00
Drivers along a stretch of I-696 through Oakland County are being targeted by ... - WXYZ Tweet this news
WXYZ--(WXYZ) - -Michigan- State Police are searching for a freeway shooter, or shooters, after three drivers report bullets hitting their vehicles. ... - Date : Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:24:16 GMT+00:00
College Goal Sunday Helps Oakland County Students File for Financial Aid - Media Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
Media Newswire (press release)--The -Oakland County- College Goal Sunday will be held at Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills Campus Student Center, Room G240. ... - Date : Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:48:24 GMT+00:00
Cold spell follows blizzard - Royal Oak Daily Tribune Tweet this news
Royal Oak Daily Tribune--The cold weather comes after a lengthy storm dropped between 6 and 10 inches of snow on -Oakland County- communities. Those hit the hardest were farther north ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:18:29 GMT+00:00
CARE House fights child abuse - Royal Oak Daily Tribune Tweet this news
Royal Oak Daily Tribune--The steady increase in children living in poverty in -Oakland County- � 11 percent versus 8.6 percent in 2005 � is directly linked to a marked rise in ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:48:23 GMT+00:00
Michigan GOP elects Bobby Schostak chairman - Detroit Free Press Tweet this news
Detroit Free Press--GRAND RAPIDS - Bobby Schostak, an -Oakland County- developer and prodigious Republican Party fundraiser, was elected this morning as the ... - Date : Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:31:43 GMT+00:00
Ex-Michigan House speaker's gun case tossed out of court - Livingston Daily Tweet this news
Livingston Daily---Oakland County- Assistant Prosecutor Paul Dickerson argued that firearms and alcohol can be a deadly mix, saying "there is nothing about the home itself that ... - Date : Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:04:40 GMT+00:00
Switch-a-roo: Covey and Coulter trade places - pride source.com Tweet this news
pride source.com--Craig Covey (former mayor, now -Oakland county- commissioner) switched spots with Dave Coulter (former -Oakland county- commissioner, just appointed mayor). ... - Date : Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:03:37 GMT+00:00

Oakland County elected officials :
Presidential Election Results 1960-2008
Year Democrat Republican
2008 56.42% 373,270 41.94% 277,480
2004 49.75% 319,387 49.32% 316,633
2000 49.31% 281,201 48.10% 274,319
1996 47.84% 241,884 43.48% 219,855
1992 38.64% 214,733 43.57% 242,160
1988 37.78% 174,745 61.27% 283,359
1984 32.76% 150,286 66.71% 306,050
1980 35.58% 164,869 54.65% 253,211
1976 39.47% 164,266 58.69% 244,271
1972 34.16% 129,400 63.78% 241,613
1968 44.76% 154,630 45.31% 156,538
1964 61.44% 182,797 38.33% 114,025
1960 45.39% 135,531 54.27% 162,026

Cities :

Townships :

Major highways :
(Walter P. Chrysler Freeway) is the main north-south route in the region, serving Flint, Pontiac, Troy, and Detroit, before continuing south (as the Fisher and Detoit-Toledo Freeways) to serve many of the communities along the shore of Lake Erie.
runs northwest-southeast through Oakland County and (as the Jeffries Freeway) has its eastern terminus in downtown Detroit.
runs north-south from I-75 in the south to the junction of I-96 and I-696 in the north, providing a bypass through the western suburbs of Detroit.
(Walter P. Reuther Freeway) runs east-west from the junction of I-96 and I-275, providing a route through the northern suburbs of Detroit. Taken together, I-275 and I-696 form a semicircle around Detroit.
US-24 ends north of Pontiac at I-75. To the south, US 24 serves suburban Detroit and Monroe before entering Ohio. Much of US 24 in Oakland County is named Telegraph Road (US 24), and it is a major north-south road extending from Toledo, Ohio through Monroe, Wayne, and Oakland Counties to Pontiac. It gained notoriety in a song (Telegraph Road) by the group Dire Straits.
M-1 (Woodward Avenue) has a northern terminus in Pontiac. The route continues southerly from Oakland County into the City of Detroit, ending downtown. The Detroit Zoo is located along M-1 in Oakland County. M-1 is also home to the Woodward Dream Cruise, a classic-car cruise from Pontiac to Ferndale that is held in August. It is the largest single-day classic-car cruise in America.
M-5
M-10: The John C. Lodge Freeway runs largely parallel to I-75 from Southfield to downtown Detroit.
M-15 (Ortonville Road, Main St. in Clarkston)
M-24 (Lapeer Road) has a southern terminus at I-75 north of Pontiac. To the north, the route continues to Lapeer and beyond. Note: M-24 and US 24 do not intersect at present, although this was the case until the 1950s.
M-39: The Southfield Freeway runs north-south from Southfield to Allen Park from I-94. North of 10 Mile Road, the freeway ends and continues as Southfield Road into Birmingham.
M-59 (Highland Road [from Pontiac westerly], Huron Street [within Pontiac] and Veterans Memorial Freeway [Pontiac to Utica]), continues east in Macomb County as Hall Road to Clinton Township and west to I-96 near Howell
M-102 Perhaps better known as 8 Mile Road, M-102 follows the Oakland/Wayne County boundary line for most of its length. 8 Mile Road, known by many due to the film 8 Mile, forms the dividing line between Detroit on the south and the suburbs of Macomb and Oakland counties on the north. It is also known as Baseline Road outside of Detroit, because it coincides with the baseline used in surveying Michigan; that baseline is also the boundary for a number of Michigan counties, as well as the boundary for Illinois and Wisconsin. It is designated as M-102 for much of its length in Wayne County.
M-150 (Rochester Road) serves as a spur highway from M-59 into the city of Rochester.

Bicycling :
Farmington Harbor Pontiac
Ferndale Orion Rochester
Highland Ortonville Oak
Holly Oxford Lake

Primary and secondary education :
scope="col"Club scope="col"League scope="col"Venue scope="col"Established scope="col"Championships
Detroit Pistons National Basketball Association The Palace of Auburn Hills 1958 (moved to the Palace in 1988) 3
Detroit Shock Womens National Basketball Association Moved to Oklahoma, October 2009 1998 3
Oakland County Cruisers FL, Baseball Diamond at the Summit 2009 0

Municipalities and communities of Oakland County, Michigan

County seat: Pontiac
CitiesAuburn Hills * Berkley * Birmingham * Bloomfield Hills * Clarkston * Clawson * Farmington Hills * Farmington * Fenton � * Ferndale * Hazel Park * Huntington Woods * Keego Harbor * Lake Angelus * Lathrup Village * Madison Heights * Northville � * Novi * Oak Park * Orchard Lake Village * Pleasant Ridge * Pontiac * Rochester Hills * Rochester * Royal Oak * South Lyon * Southfield * Sylvan Lake * Troy * Walled Lake * Wixom
VillagesBeverly Hills * Bingham Farms * Franklin * Holly * Lake Orion * Leonard * Milford * Ortonville * Oxford * Wolverine Lake
Charter
townships
Bloomfield * Brandon * Commerce * Highland * Independence * Lyon * Milford * Oakland * Orion * Oxford * Royal Oak * Waterford * West Bloomfield * White Lake
Civil
townships
Addison * Groveland * Holly * Novi * Rose * Southfield * Springfield
Unincorporated
communities
Drayton Plains * Union Lake
Footnotes�This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Metro Detroit

TopicsArchitecture * Culture * Detroit River * Economy * Freeways * History * Historic places * International Riverfront * Lake St. Clair * Media * Music * Parks and beaches * People * Skyscrapers * Sports * Theatre * Tourism * Transportation
Central cityDetroit
Suburbs
over 80,000
Canton Township * Clinton Township * Dearborn * Livonia * Sterling Heights * Troy * Warren * Westland
Suburbs
50,000 to 80,000
Dearborn Heights * Farmington Hills * Grosse Pointe * Macomb Township * Novi * Pontiac * Redford Township * Rochester Hills * Royal Oak * Saint Clair Shores * Shelby Township * Southfield * Taylor * Waterford Township * West Bloomfield Township
Satellite citiesAnn Arbor * Brighton * Flint * Howell * Lapeer * Monroe * Port Huron * Windsor, Ontario
Counties in MSALapeer * Livingston * Macomb * Oakland * St. Clair * Wayne
Counties in CSAGenesee * Monroe * Washtenaw
RegionSoutheast Michigan
Outlying regionsCentral Michigan * Flint/Tri-Cities * Northwest Ohio * Southwestern Ontario



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