Taylor, Michigan Taylor, Michigan Wayne County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Taylor highlighted.svg Taylor is a town/city in Wayne County in the U.S.
Taylor was originally known as Taylor Township and inhabitants of the township voted to incorporate as the City of Taylor in May 1968.
Taylor is the 17th most crowded city in Michigan and the 543rd biggest city in the United States.
Taylor Township was titled in honor of Zachary Taylor, a nationwide military hero in the 1840s, who would go on to be propel the twelfth President of the United States in 1849.
Taylor Township was organized on March 16, 1847 from 24 square miles (62 km2) that were originally part of Ecorse Township, Michigan.
Taylor is a member of the Downriver Community.
Taylor is home to Southland Shopping Center, Wallside Windows Factory, Taylor Sportsplex, Taylor Meadows Golf Course, Lakes of Taylor Golf Course, Oakwood Heritage Hospital, the Michigan State Police Metro South Post and Wayne County Community College Downriver Campus.
Taylor has a large park titled Heritage Park that features: ball diamonds, soccer fields, pavilions, grills, picnic tables, restrooms, playground, historic buildings, shops, catch and release fishing pond, 1/3 mile walking path, path system, old expansion nature area, park benches, picnic area, playground, plus a petting farm.
The park is home to the Taylor South Little League, the Junior League World Series and the Taylor Soccer Club.
The Detroit Waza of the Professional Arena Soccer League play their home games at the Taylor Sportsplex.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 23.64 square miles (61.23 km2), of which 23.60 square miles (61.12 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. US 24, which is Telegraph Road, runs north south through the town/city center, acting as the chief thoroughfare in the city.
It is known as the Gateway Bridge, because it acts as the "gateway to Detroit" for those traveling on I-94 from Detroit Metropolitan Airport to the City of Detroit.
Eureka Road is an meaningful east west artery in the city, which holds Taylor's shopping precinct and bisects I-75.
Van Born Road forms the northern border of Taylor, shared with Dearborn Heights.
Just east of Taylor's town/city limits, the road curves north and becomes Southfield Freeway.
Goddard Road runs east west through the center of the town/city and holds Taylor's municipal buildings near its intersection with Telegraph.
Northline Road runs east west a mile south of Goddard and holds Wayne County Community College, as well as the southern entrance to the Heritage Park Allen Road and Pelham Road both form Taylor's easterly border.
Allen Road travels north south as Taylor's border with Southgate and then veers north-east into Allen Park, at which point Taylor's border with Allen Park becomes Pelham Road.
Inkster Road and Pennsylvania Road form Taylor's and southern borders, in the order given.
The City of Taylor is bordered by seven other communities.
There were 24,370 homeholds of which 35.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 20.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 31.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
In addition to its schools, the Downriver Campus of the Wayne County Community College District, churches, parks, golf courses, recreation center, library, and the Oakwood Health System's Heritage Hospital, Taylor also has commercial and industrialized sectors, restaurants, and shopping.
Headquarters of Masco Corporation, positioned at 21001 Van Born Road in Taylor, Michigan.
Taylor has also been the home to the command posts of Masco Corporation, the 13th biggest publicly interchanged business in Michigan.
The town/city is served by the Taylor School District, inside which there are two high schools: Truman High School on Beech Daly Road and Kennedy High School on Northline Road.
Taylor Preparatory Charter High School - Taylor Prep Official Website Taylor Exemplar Academy (National Heritage Academies) - Taylor Exemplar Academy Official Website Alfred Elementary School in Taylor.
Taylor, Michigan Riot Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taylor, Michigan "Taylor Sportsplex - Hockey, Soccer, and Activity Center - Taylor, Michigan".
Downriver: Close to Detroit, Far from Kentucky August 2012; enhance radio affiliated with Wayne State University, Michigan Official Website of the City of Taylor Taylor, Michigan Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
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