Romulus, Michigan City of Romulus, Michigan Downtown Romulus, westbound Goddard Road Downtown Romulus, westbound Goddard Road Official seal of City of Romulus, Michigan Location of Romulus, Michigan Location of Romulus, Michigan City of Romulus, Michigan is positioned in the US City of Romulus, Michigan - City of Romulus, Michigan Romulus is a suburban town/city of Metro Detroit, positioned in Wayne County in the U.S.
The populace was 23,989 at the 2010 census, an increase from 22,979 in 2000, making the town/city the 80th biggest city in Michigan.
Romulus is home to Detroit Metropolitan Airport and a General Motors plant (Romulus Engine) that opened in 1976.
The town/city is the westernmost improve in the Downriver region in Wayne County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 35.96 square miles (93.14 km2), of which 35.61 square miles (92.23 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.91 km2) is water. Romulus is in the south-central portion of Wayne County.
The City of Romulus is bordered to the north by Van Born Road, to the south by Pennsylvania Road, to the east by Inkster Road, and to the west by Hannan Road.
As of the census of 2010, there were 23,989 citizens , 8,975 homeholds, and 6,135 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 50.5% White, 43% African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other competitions, and 3.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,975 homeholds of which 37.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 21.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.6% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 36.2 years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,979 citizens , 8,439 homeholds, and 5,941 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 65.36% White, 29.99% African American, 0.54% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.81% from other competitions, and 2.63% from two or more competitions.
In the metros/cities population consists of 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $45,088, and the median income for a family was $51,497.
The first white settler in Romulus was Samuel Polyne, a French-Canadian, who settled on section 2 in 1826, though he left soon after the township was organized in 1835.
The first settler in the region that was the village of Romulus before to the 1865 annexation of the whole village and township into one town/city was Samuel Mc - Math, who moved from New York state to the region in 1827.
The township of Romulus was set off from a part of Huron Township by an Act of the Territorial Legislature on March 17, 1835, and the first township meeting was held on April 16, 1835, two years before the State of Michigan was admitted in to the Union (1837), in the home of Joseph T.
The township's name was changed to "Wayne" on March 19, 1845, but was changed back to Romulus on January 16, 1848. Romulus incorporated as a town/city in 1970. The village of Romulus was platted on the Lansing B.
Romulus was a stop of the Underground Railroad in the 1800s when slaves fled the inhumane conditions of plantations in the South to the no-charge states of the North.
Samuel Kingsley Home is a famous historic landmark in Romulus.
Today, the home is positioned on Hunt Street athwart from the Romulus Historical Museum.
Preston was positioned in the north-east part of Romulus.
Romulus and Wayne fire crews and crews from neighboring communities managed to put out the fire after letting it burn down a little bit.
Many people from both Romulus and Wayne were taken to Oakwood Annapolis Hospital (now Beaumont Hospital-Wayne), about two miles from the explosion site.
The propel town/city officials for the City of Romulus as of November 2013: The Wayne County Airport Authority has its command posts in the former L.C.
Smith Terminal at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus.
Romulus has some retail in the town/city including a small-town supermarket, drug store, and a host of small businesses in the downtown precinct and throughout the city, as well as a Family Dollar and a Dollar General store on Wayne Road.
After a floundered city millage in February 2011, town/city officials had to close all of the town/city parks in order to keep the town/city financially stable.
However, the Downtown Development Authority were willing to maintain the operations of Mary Ann Banks Park & Historical Park, reopening the park in Spring 2011.
By 2015, the city's finances had comebackand with determination from town/city officials and people, most the city's parks have reopened with better improvements and even opening a new park - including: Romulus Historical Park It is uncertain about the future of Jimmie Raspberry Park & Beverly Mc - Anally Park, both on the north side of the city, and Senior Citizens Park near downtown since their closures back in 2011.
The Romulus Athletic Center, positioned at 35765 Northline Road, is a facility for recreation and conferences.
Romulus Community School District administration building Romulus Senior High School The Romulus Community School District serves and educates the kids in the City of Romulus and other communities.
The precinct is made up of a high school (Romulus Senior High School), a middle school (Romulus Middle School), and four elementary schools (Barth, Halecreek, Romulus, and Wick).
A portion is instead inside the Wayne-Westland Community Schools. It is zoned to Roosevelt-Mc - Grath Elementary School in Wayne, Adams Upper Elementary School in Westland, Franklin Middle School in Wayne, and Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne. Summit Academy Schools is a charter school in Romulus that is slowly gaining attention.
In 2010, "Meet Monica Velour", an autonomous comedy drama movie was partially filmed in Romulus along with other Detroit suburbs.
(Archive) Wayne County, Michigan.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Local history of Detroit and Wayne County / edited by George B.
History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan.
Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society.
City of Romulus.
Mc - Donnell Douglas DC-9-82, N312 - RC, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, August 16, 1987"" (PDF).
"Wayne County Airport Authority Mailing Address Detroit Metropolitan Airport Smith Terminal - Mezzanine Level Detroit , MI 48242" Wikimedia Commons has media related to Romulus, Michigan.
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