St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Macomb County

26-70760

St. Clair Shores is a city in Macomb County in Michigan. It lies about 21 kilometers northeast of Detroit and is one of its catchment area. In 2000, the city had 63,096 inhabitants.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.9 km ², of which 29.9 km ² of land and 7.0 km ² omitted ( = 19.09 %) to water. A notable feature of the town are the 22 kilometers of shoreline to channels.

The city is located on the western shore of Lake Saint Clair, from whom the city has derived its name. The geographic coordinates of the city be 42 ° 30 'N, 82 ° 54' W42.495555555556 - 82.900277777778.

Name of the city

Guided by the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle expedition called the Lac Sainte -Claire, as they discovered this on August 12, 1679. This day falls in the calendar of saints on Clare of Assisi. On English maps of the lake is already listed as 1710 Saint Clare. The 1755 Mitchell published card uses the spelling St. Clair. Sometimes the name is also associated with Arthur St. Clair. This was a general in the American Revolutionary War and Governor of the Northwest Territory, the name of the lake was, however, long before St. Clair was known in the present notation in use. However, it is possible that the naming of various political units was near the lake and the river of the same name by the awareness of the general, such as the St. Clair County, St. Clair Township and the cities of St. Clair and St. Clair Shores.

The origin of the name is also brought wrong with Patrick Sinclair in conjunction. This was a British Oiffizier, the land on the St. Clair River acquired near the Pine River. There he built in 1764 Fort Sinclair, which was used for almost twenty years before you gave it up.

History

Today's St. Clair Shores had its beginning in a settlement about 1779 under the name L' Anse Creuse (French, German about Deep Bay ) was created. When the settlement was incorporated as a Village in 1925, it received its present name. The hamlet of Lake Shore and Eagle Point went on in the new Village. Two years later, St. Slair Shores received a post office. In 1950, the town was incorporated as a city.

Middle of the 19th century was built a lighthouse. Team owner was one of the organizations that eventually the current United States Coast Guard formed. This took 1941 the Guard Station St. Clair Flats in operation, as the first Coast Guard station on Lake St. Clair. Since 1990, this Coast Guard Station is located in St. Clair Shores, having already since 1954 a branch was here.

Demographic data

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 63 096 Lake St Clair Shore people. The population density was 2112.9 people per km ². There were 28,208 housing units at an average 944.6 per km ². The population of Lake St. Clair Shores consisted of 96.89 % White, 0.69 % African American, 0.28 % Native American, 0.84 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 0.18 % reported to, other races, and 1.10 % from two or more races. 1.18 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Lake St. Clair Shores distributed to 27,434 households out of which 24.1% were living in children under 18 years. 49.5% married couples living together, 10.0 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0 % were non-families. 32.7 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 16.3 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 65 and the average family size is 2.28 people.

The population was spread out with 2.92% minors, 20.2% 18-24 year olds, 6.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 28.8 % 45-64 year olds and 23.1 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 21.8 years. For every 100 females there were 42 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 90.9 males.

The median household income in Lake St. Clair Shore amounted to 86.8 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 49 047 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 59 245 U.S. dollars, compared to 46 614 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income for the U.S. dollar. 25,009 % of the population and 3.7 % of families were below the poverty line, including 2.6 % of those affected and 4.4 % of those age 65 or over.

Train

St. Clair Shores partly in three different school districts on - South Lake, Lakeview and Lake Shore. In each of them there is a high school. There are also private schools St. Germaine, St. Isaac Jogues and St. Joan of Arc.

Personalities

• Dave Coulier, actor and comedian
• Faye Grant, Actress
• Patti Smith, rock musician, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Charles Faulkner, author and motivational speaker
• Mark Wells, hockey player, was involved in the Miracle on Ice
• David Debol, hockey player
• George Herbert Allen, football coach