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As the second most Polish populated state, Michigan follows closely behind Wisconsin with 784,200 people identifying as Polish, or 7.82% of the state's population, identifying as Polish. Many of these Polish Americans live in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan. [1]
In the 1870s, Polish immigrants began settling on the west side of Detroit. [2] As the population grew, several Polish Catholic parishes were established, including St. Casimir (in 1882), St. Francis of Assisi (in 1889), St. Hedwig (in 1903), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (in 1911), and Our Lady Queen of Angels (in 1915). [2]
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Polish Americans in Metro Detroit, Michigan. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
As of 2001, the Metro Detroit area had the U.S.'s second largest Polish ethnic concentration after Chicago. [28] By the 21st century, the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties formed the center of Michigan's Polish populations. Many Poles had moved from Hamtramck, and Troy became the center of the Polish-American community. [29]
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Polish Americans in Detroit, Michigan. Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Detroit" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The letter was signed by more than 60 Polish American Wisconsinites, including Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski, Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza, Oak Creek Mayor Dan Bukiewicz, Milwaukee County ...
Polish-American culture in Metro Detroit (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Michigan" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The church still hosts monthly Masses in Polish, English, and Latin, and is open for tours and weddings. [8] Rev. John A. Lemke, who was born in Detroit on February 10, 1866, as the son of Prussian-Polish immigrants, was the first native-born Roman Catholic priest of Polish descent to be ordained in the United States.