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Livonia, MI - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Livonia  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Livonia Home page. The Livonia Home page provides as much information as possible on Livonia. Knowing Livonia’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Livonia’s Home page, you will also find Livonia’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Livonia has a population of 93970. 48.7% of Livonia’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.3 are female. 56% of Livonia is married and 86.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $204,112, and the average rent is $1,095. Household median income in Livonia is $82,158, and the individual median income is $40,245. Livonia’s Ethnic is the following: White(87.8%), Black(4.1%), Asian(3.7%), Multiple(3.6%), Hispanic(3.4%), Other(0.7%), Native(0.1%).


After most members of the indigenous tribes were pushed out of the area, ethnic European-American pioneers from New England and New York settled here. The borders of Livonia Township were defined by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan on March 17, 1835. The settlers named the community "Livonia", after Livonia, New York, a town in the western part of the state from where many had migrated.Livonia Township was split off from Nankin Township, in which a Livonia post office had been established in June 1834.


During the days of the township, a number of small communities developed. One of these was Elmwood, initially known as McKinley's Station. It was a stop on the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad. It had a separate post office from 1858 until 1906. Another post office in the township was Giltedge, which operated from 1899 until 1902.Livonia was incorporated as a city on May 23, 1950, by vote of the citizens of the township.


An incentive was that this status would allow the residents to gain tax revenues from the Detroit Race Course (DRC). From 1985 it ran only harness racing for Standardbred, and the track closed in 1998, when the large property was sold for redevelopment. The last race tracks operating in the state were Hazel Park Raceway, which closed in 2018, and Northville Downs, which closed in 2019. Among the immigrants attracted to Detroit for its industrial jobs in the 20th century have been Palestinian and Lebanese Christians, as well as Muslims.


By 1985, Palestinian Christians had settled in Livonia, as well as the western suburbs of Farmington and Westland. As of 2005, there were a number of Christian Palestinian Americans who had immigrated from Ramallah. They have developed and operated several small and medium-sized businesses.Six U.S. presidents have visited Livonia: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.


W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.


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