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Shelby Charter Township, officially the Charter Township of Shelby, is a charter township located in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township is an affluent northern suburb of Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,408, [2] up from 73,804 in 2010. Shelby Charter Township is one of the fastest-growing communities ...
The racial makeup of the township was 86.84% White, 0.10% African American, 1.11% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 9.64% from other races, and 2.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.32% of the population.
As of the 2020 United States Census, [6] [7] there were 2,520 people living in the village. 42.7% were non-Hispanic White, 1.9% Black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 1.4% Native American, and 13.2% of two or more races. 51.6% were Hispanic or Latino (which makes it the highest percent and only community with a Hispanic-majority in the state).
The State of Michigan created the county of Oceana on April 1, 1840. [5] The county was organized in 1855. [ 1 ] The origin of the county's name is unclear, although there are two possibilities: the county may have been named for Lake Michigan, the freshwater "ocean," which forms its western border; [ 6 ] or for the book Oceana , written by ...
A unique form of civil township in Michigan is the charter township, a status created by act of the state legislature in 1947, which grants additional powers and streamlined administration of townships. Charter townships that meet certain criteria are also provided greater protection against annexation by a city or village.
District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.
New Era is a village in Shelby Township, Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 451 at the 2010 census.. New Era is the birthplace of Caldecott Medal-winning children's author Verna Aardema.
Disco, Michigan was a village in what is now Shelby Charter Township, Michigan. [1] Disco was located at the intersection of Whiskey Road (now 24 Mile Road) and Van Dyke Road. It was platted in 1849. [2] It was first populated by European settlers, mainly from New York State around 1830.