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Place Name
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Eastpointe
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Place Status (Type)
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suburb
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Location
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Macomb County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°28'N
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Longitude
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82°57'W
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Eastpointe
, Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb 9 mi NE of
downtown Detroit. Borders Detroit on S; 42°28'N 82°57'W. Mfg.
(specialty machinery, meat processing). Mostly residential, it has been
marked by a decrease in pop. since the 1970s, as Detroit's industrial
and economic growth has faltered. Its name was changed from East
Detroit in 1992. Inc. 1925 as Halfway village, renamed and inc. as a
city 1929.
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