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Place Name
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Allen Park
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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31,092 (1990)
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Location
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Wayne County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°15'N
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Longitude
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83°12'W
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Allen Park
, city (1990 pop. 31,092), Wayne co., SE Mich., a
suburb 8 mi/12.9 km WSW of downtown Detroit;
42°15'N 83°12'W. Drained by N and S branches of Ecorse R; touches
R. Rouge on N. Mfg. includes motor vehicle and marine prototypes,
liquor, sheet metal. Settled in the early 1800s and named after Lewis
Allen, a settler from Detroit; inc. as a city 1957.
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