Grosse Ile Township, Michigan
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Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,777 at the 2020 census.[3]
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Grosse Ile Township, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 42°07′48″N 83°09′37″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Wayne |
Settled | 1776 |
Organized | 1914 |
Government | |
• Supervisor | Brian Loftus |
• Clerk | Ute O'Connor |
Area | |
• Civil township | 18.67 sq mi (48.36 km2) |
• Land | 9.20 sq mi (23.83 km2) |
• Water | 9.47 sq mi (24.53 km2) |
Elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Civil township | 10,788 |
• Density | 1,127.3/sq mi (435.3/km2) |
• Metro | 4,285,832 (Metro Detroit) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code(s) | 48138 (Grosse Ile) 48192 (Wyandotte) |
Area code | 734 |
FIPS code | 26-35420[1] |
GNIS feature ID | 1626407[2] |
Website | grosseile |
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The township encompasses several islands in the Detroit River, of which the largest is named as Grosse Ile. Named by French explorers in 1679, Grosse Île means "Big Island". Later taken under British rule after 1763, the island was not settled by European Americans until after the United States achieved independence in the American Revolutionary War. Grosse Ile Township was organized in 1914 after it split away from Monguagon Township.