Rochester Hills, Michigan Rochester Hills, Michigan Oakland County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Rochester Hills highlighted.svg Rochester Hills is a town/city in northeast Oakland County of the U.S.

As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 70,995. The chief branch of the Rouge River rises in Rochester Hills in Oakland County.

Stoney Creek is a non-census designated village on the northeast end of the town/city on the border with Rochester.

Yates is on the boundary with Rochester and Shelby Township, Oakland County (42 40 25 N 83 05 45 W ; Elevation: 669 ft./204 m.). Prior to European settlement, the region now known as Rochester Hills was inhabited by Native Americans, namely the Potawatomi. The Potawatomi depended on the area's abundant water sources, such as the Clinton River and Paint Creek, to expanded crops, fish, and travel. They resided here until the 1807 Treaty of Detroit caused them, along with the Odawa, Wyandot, and Ojibwe citizens s, to cede their territory in Southeast Michigan. Rochester incorporated as a village inside the township in 1869.

In 1966, village inhabitants voted to turn into the City of Rochester, effective in February 1967.

As a result, Rochester inhabitants no longer had to pay property taxes to the township, as it was now a separate municipality.

The town/city of Rochester then sought to annex all of the township, which was unanimously denied by the Michigan Boundary Commission.

In 1972, petitions were filed to consolidate Avon Township and Rochester.

In April 1974, the consolidation petition lost by 350 votes in the township, while passing by four votes in Rochester.

In May 1974, Rochester's petition to annex 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) of Avon Township was allowed by the Michigan Boundary Commission.

On November 20, 1984, Avon Township became the City of Rochester Hills.

The name "Rochester Hills" won by a landslide with voters, based on the area's historical ties to Rochester and the rolling hills that abound in the area.

Borden became Rochester Hills' first mayor.

Rochester Hills is bordered to the north by Oakland Charter Township, to the south by the town/city of Troy, to the east by Shelby Township in Macomb County, and to the west by the town/city of Auburn Hills.

Rochester Hills is also partially bordered by the town/city of Rochester to the east.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 32.91 square miles (85.24 km2), of which 32.82 square miles (85.00 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. Elevations in the town/city range from 690 feet (210 m) above sea level in the southeastern portion of the town/city to 1,010 feet (310 m) in the northwestern section.

Orion Township Oakland Township Washington Township Auburn Hills Rochester Rochester Hills Between 2000 and 2010, the Asian populace in Rochester Hills increased to almost 10% of the community's population, a 61% increase from the 2000 figure. Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester, Michigan.

Rochester Hills has a Mayor-council government.

The Rochester Hills City Council consists of seven Council Members: four precinct members and three at-large members.

The Rochester Community Schools serves most of the city.

Rochester Adams High School, Rochester High School, and Stoney Creek High School are in Rochester Hills.

Much of the ASD portion of Rochester Hills is zoned to Deerfield Elementary School, inside the city.

Other portions are zoned to Auburn Elementary School in Auburn Hills and Woodland Elementary School in Troy.

All ASD inhabitants are zoned to Avondale Middle School in Rochester Hills and Avondale High School in Auburn Hills.

The Meadows School, Avondale Academy, and the ASD transit department are all in Rochester Hills. The town/city provides the Rochester Hills Public Library which is positioned in Rochester (The City of Rochester and Oakland Township contract with the City of Rochester Hills for residents' use of the library).

The Japanese School of Detroit, a supplementary school for Japanese people of school age, at one time had its administrative offices in the former Oakland Steiner School in Rochester Hills. This list includes citizens from the Rochester region (Rochester, Rochester Hills, and Oakland Township) (48306, 48307, 48309, 48363): Andrew Good Major League baseball player interval up in Rochester Hills graduated from Rochester High Madonna, singer and actress; interval up in Rochester Hills but, was born in Bay City, Michigan, graduated from Rochester Adams High School Tommy Clufetos, drummer for Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, and Ted Nugent; graduated from Rochester Adams High School Paul Davis, experienced basketball player; graduated from Rochester High School Amy Frazier, experienced tennis player; graduated from Rochester Adams High School Shawn Hare, experienced baseball player; attended Rochester Community Schools Rude Jude, tv and radio personality; graduated from Rochester High School Brian Sell, retired marathoner; resides in Rochester Hills Peter Vanderkaay, Olympic gold medalist in swimming; graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 2002 Jason Varitek, experienced baseball player; born in Rochester Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rochester Hills, Michigan "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Rochester Hills city, Michigan".

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