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Northville is considered a higher-end community in western Wayne County, with a
large middle class, and having the highest property values among its neighbors. A unique fact to Northville is that it is one of the few communities in Michigan to reside in counties Oakland and Wayne. Northville has more luxury homes than any other community in Wayne County. It is one of Michigan's veteran communities, and known for its charming small town atmosphere and rich heritage. Downtown Northville boasts old-fashioned street lamps glowing at night over the brick paved streets and Victorian era architecture. The residential area consists of attractive tree-lined neighborhoods featuring many historic homes restored to their original Victorian brilliance, and renovated landmarks including the four-sided town clock.
Population
Northville Township currently has a little over 21,000 people while the City of Northville is much smaller with 6,500 people for a combined count of over 27,000 in the Northville community.
Prevalent Architecture
The Northville community has a wide array of housing development from rambling farm houses on unpaved roads, to traditional neighborhoods, newer built condominiums and older Victorian charmers throughout the downtown area. Housing in the city tends to be newer construction, with numbers as high as 80% of the homes in the township have been built sooner than 1970 and more than half since 1980.
The past couple years there have been more foreclosures in Northville. Investors are starting to buy distressed bank owned homes for very reasonable prices as more homeowners go through the foreclosure process in Northville.
Average Residential Sales Price & Property Taxes
Average home sales price in 2007: $469,606
NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP:
In the Northville Public School District: $31.07 per $1,000 of a property's taxable value
In the Plymouth-Canton School District: $29.82 per $1,000 of a property's taxable value
CITY OF NORTHVILLE IN WAYNE COUNTY:
$40.00 per $1,000 of a property's taxable value
NORTHVILLE IN OAKLAND COUNTY:
$36.61 per $1,000 of a property's taxable value
Local Business
Major employers include, Northville Downs Racetrack, Meijer, Inc., Belanger Inc., Jack Doheny Supplies, and Michigan Gift Mart.
Schools
Northville School District is among the highest-rated in metro Detroit. Northville students consistently score higher than the national average on the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) tests. More than 95 percent of the students in the district go to college.
In 2004, Northville received all A's on the state report card accreditation system. Northville Public Schools were one of fifty schools to achieve this distinction. Northville students are constantly acknowledged for achievements in education, scoring above average on the Michigan Education Assessment Tests, in the top five for MEAP scores, and earning awards from Wayne County and the State of Michigan for writing, art, music, and public speaking.
Northville is home to several private schools, including Northville Christian School, Our Lady of Victory School, St. Pauls Lutheran School, and William Allan Academy.
Parks & Recreation
People throughout the state of Michigan look forward to coming to Northville for its annual Victorian Festival; an annual celebration of the town's unique heritage. There is no automobile traffic during this time, as locals, artists, and shop owners transform the downtown area into a Victorian Village complete with era costumes, and free horse and carriage rides. It would be hard not to enjoy the Northville shopping district, walking from boutique to boutique. Other regular events include art festivals, ice sculpture competitions, and various holiday celebrations.
The Parks & Recreation Department manage two facilities filled with an abundance of indoor activities planned in conjunction with Northville Public Schools. The Recreation Center at Hillside, located at 700 W. Baseline, provides access to an indoor swimming pool, two additional gymnasiums, multi-purpose classrooms, and fitness rooms. In addition to all of those recreational activities, the Northville Community Center, located at 303 W. Main Street, introduced meeting rooms, a large gymnasium, stage and bleachers, and kitchen facilities. The department operates five Northville district community park facilities, including Ford Field, Fish Hatchery Park, Henningsen Park, Northville Community Park, and the newest facility, Millennium Park.
The City of Northville has a great deal to offer in the way of community services, such as the Senior Community Center, District Library, four bank/savings and loan/credit unions, an active Chamber of Commerce, senior citizen housing, a post office, 11 churches, a weekly newspaper called the Northville Record, and a full time police department.
Golf Courses
Northville has 5 top-notch courses.
- Bushwood Golf Course is a 9-hole course with over-sized and undulating greens.
- Downing Farms Golf Course is a public, 18-hole course built on rolling terrain, featuring tree-lined fairways and greens protected by grass and sand bunkers.
- Meadowbrook Country Club is a private, 18-hole course, with an older, traditional design.
- Northville Hills Golf Club is a championship, semi-private, 18-hole course, part of a master planned golf community featuring magnificent fairway homes, estate homes, and villas. It has enormous greens, and its fairways are lined with mature trees. Natural wetland areas and lakes dot the course.
- Salem Hills Golf Club is a public, 18-hole course, built on flat terrain with large undulating greens.
Brief History
In 1824, men by the names of Tibbits, Starkweather, McFarlan, Dunlap, Beal, Cady, Yerker, Horton, and Hutton, after whom many streets are named, penetrated their way through timber and hiked from Detroit out to the community of what later became Plymouth Township, which is now Northville. It took all of four days to make the trip.
The City was incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1955. The 2.2 square mile area is equally divided between Wayne and Oakland Counties.
The Presbyterian Church of Northville is the oldest church in town, organized in 1812. Teachers at the time were paid $1.12 to $2.00 per week. The library was purchased for $837.00.
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