Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan

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Charter Township of Bloomfield
Charter township

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Location of Bloomfield Township within Oakland County, Michigan.
Charter Township of Bloomfield

Location within the state of Michigan

Coordinates: 42°34′35″N 83°16′1″W / 42.57639°N 83.26694°W / 42.57639; -83.26694Coordinates: 42°34′35″N 83°16′1″W / 42.57639°N 83.26694°W / 42.57639; -83.26694
Country United States
State Michigan
County Oakland
Established 1827
Area
 • Total 26.0 sq mi (67.4 km2)
 • Land 25.0 sq mi (64.6 km2)
 • Water 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2)  4.19%
Elevation 853 ft (260 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 41,070
 • Density 1,600/sq mi (610/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 48301, 48302, 48304
Area code(s) 248
FIPS code 26-09110[1]
GNIS feature ID 1625952[2]
Website bloomfieldtwp.org
A simple map of Bloomfield Township. Neighbouring places are in light grey, other places in dark grey. Cities are underlined.

Bloomfield Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 41,070.[3] This area often referred to simply as "Bloomfield" by residents and visitors alike. This Metro Detroit township was organized in 1827, the first township to be established in Oakland County. It almost completely surrounds the city of Bloomfield Hills. In 2010, Bloomfield Township was ranked the most expensive community in which to live in the state of Michigan.[4]

Communities

Kirk in the Hills

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 26.0 square miles (67 km2), of which 25.0 square miles (65 km2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), or 4.19%, is water. It is bordered to the north by the communities of Pontiac and Auburn Hills, to the south by the communities of Birmingham, and Southfield Township, to the west by West Bloomfield Township, and to the east by the city of Troy

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 43,023 people, 16,804 households, and 12,703 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,724.5 per square mile (665.8/km²). There were 17,455 housing units at an average density of 699.7 per square mile (270.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 87.70% White, 4.30% Black or African American, 0.08% Native American, 6.47% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or 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[9]). Males had a median income of $98,985 versus $50,540 for females. The per capita income for the township was $62,716. About 1.2% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

Culture

Bloomfield Township is also home to the Detroit Skating Club where a number of world-class figure skaters have trained, including single skaters Tara Lipinski, Todd Eldredge, Alissa Czisny, Adam Rippon, Jeremy Abbott and ice dancers 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).[10]

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public school districts

The township's primary public school district is Bloomfield Hills School District (BHSD), but a portion of the southeast corner of the township is in Birmingham Public Schools and a portion of the northeast corner is in Avondale School District. Another portion is in the Pontiac School District.[11]

The sole BHSD district comprehensive high school is Bloomfield Hills High School in Bloomfield Township, formed in 2013 by the mergers of Andover High School and Lahser High School.[12][13]

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.[14] A portion of Bloomfield Township is in the school district of the Birmingham Public Schools. Students in this section are zoned to Harlan Elementary School, Derby Middle School and Seaholm High School.

Private schools and international programs

The Lower School and Junior School campuses of the Detroit Country Day School are located in the township as are Academy of the Sacred Heart, Brother Rice High School, Marian High School, and the International Academy. Cranbrook Schools is located in nearby Bloomfield Hills.

The French School of Detroit has its administrative offices at Meadow Lake Elementary School in the township.[13][15] Preschool classes are held at Meadow Lake,[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] At one time it occupied a facility in Bloomfield Township.[19]

The Japanese School of Detroit, a weekend supplementary education program for Japanese nationals of primary and secondary school age, first started holding classes at Kensington Academy in 1981.[20] It later had its school offices in the former Kensington Academy facility in Bloomfield Township.[21]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan
  3. ↑ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Bloomfield charter township, Oakland County, Michigan". U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20120314144122/http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/most-expensive-suburbs-2010.html
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charing Cross, Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Charing Cross Station (historical), Michigan
  7. ↑ Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 115
  8. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oak Grove, Michigan & GNIS in Google Map
  9. ↑ 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, United States Census Bureau
  10. ↑ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold; Rutherford, Lynn (August 19, 2011). "Summer Notebook: Rockin' the ice in Detroit". icenetwork. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ Murray, Diana Dillaber. "Law being proposed could dissolve Pontiac schools, other struggling districts." 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."
  12. ↑ "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"
  13. 1 2 "Bloomfield Township Street Map." (Archive) Bloomfield Township, Oakland County. Retrieved on July 30, 2013. Meadow Lake Elementary (7100 Lindenmere) is in Square #31.
  14. ↑ "District Map" (Archive). Avondale School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ "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."
  16. ↑ "Bilingual Preschool." French School of Detroit. Retrieved on June 20, 2015. "Location: Meadow Lake Center, 7100 Lindenmere Drive, Bloomfield MI 48301"
  17. ↑ "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."
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "U.S. Federal Communications Commission" (Archive). Booth Communications Bloomfield at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. p. 18/25. "Kensington Academy 1020 E. Square Lake Rd. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan"
  20. ↑ "JSD History" (Archive). 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） "
  21. ↑ "JSD の所在地･案内図 JSDの事務局 JSD Map-JSD Main Office" (Archive). Japanese School of Detroit. July 18, 2001. Retrieved on April 16, 2015. "1020 E. Square Lk. Rd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304"

External links

 Sylvan Lake Pontiac
Auburn Hills		 Rochester Hills, Michigan
West Bloomfield Township Bloomfield Hills (surround by the Township)
Troy
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Farmington Hills Southfield Township Birmingham
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