Greenfield Township, Michigan

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Greenfield Township, Michigan
Former civil township
Greenfield Township is located in Michigan
Greenfield Township
Greenfield Township
Former location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 83°10′00″W / 42.40000°N 83.16667°W / 42.40000; -83.16667Coordinates: 42°24′00″N 83°10′00″W / 42.40000°N 83.16667°W / 42.40000; -83.16667
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyWayne
Organized1833
Disestablished1926
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Greenfield is a former civil township of Wayne County, Michigan; it was created from a portion of neighboring Springwells Township in 1833. Greenfield eventually encompassed the survey township T1S R11E. It even had its own police force.[1] By 1875, a series of annexations to Detroit and Highland Park had begun; by 1926, the township of Greenfield had ceased to exist.

Today, Greenfield Road follows the former western township boundary between Greenfield and Redford Township.[2] 8 Mile road was the northern boundary of Greenfield Township.[3] Tireman Avenue follows the former southern boundary between Greenfield and Springwells Township.

Settlements of the former Greenfield Township[]

  • Cassandra
  • Greenfield
  • Howlett
  • Sherwood
  • Strathmoor
  • Whitewood (later Highland Park)
  • Yew

Noteworthy[]

In 1863, American industrialist Henry Ford was born in southern Greenfield Township; Ford's future wife, Clara Jane Bryant, was born four miles to the north, in 1866. The Bryant home stood at the intersection of Greenfield Road and Grand River Avenue.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Greenfield Township Police Department, Michigan, Fallen Officers".
  2. ^ Annexation of Greenfield Township
  3. ^ Map of Wayne Co. Michigan (Map). Philadelphia: Geil, Harley & Siverd. 1860.
  4. ^ The Ford Family of Michigan

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