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Oakland County, Michigan
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County of Oakland
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Flag of Oakland County, Michigan
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Official seal of Oakland County, Michigan
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Official logo of Oakland County, Michigan
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Map of Michigan highlighting Oakland County
Location within the state of Michigan
Oakland County, MI census map2
Cities and Townships in the county
Country United States
State Michigan
Metro Metro Detroit
Incorporated 1819 (created)
1820 (organized)[1][2]
County seat Pontiac
Largest City Flag of Troy, Michigan Troy
Government
 • Executive David Coulter
Area
 • Total 907 sq mi (2,350 km2)
 • Land 868 sq mi (2,250 km2)
 • Water 40 sq mi (100 km2)
Population (2020)
 • Total 1,274,395
Time zone Eastern Time Zone (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
Area codes 248 and 947
Website oakgov.com

Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,274,395,[3] making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, behind neighboring Wayne County. The county seat is Pontiac.[4] The county was founded in 1819 and organized in 1820.[1][5]

Oakland County is composed of 62 cities, townships, and villages, and is part of the DetroitWarrenDearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Detroit is in neighboring Wayne County, south of 8 Mile Road. Oakland County is among the ten highest income counties in the United States with populations over one million people.[6] It is also home to Oakland University, a large public institution that straddles the border between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.

The county's knowledge-based economic initiative, coined "Automation Alley", has developed one of the largest employment centers for engineering and related occupations in the United States, and some major employers include General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, collectively known as the Big Three.

History[]

Founded by Territorial Governor Lewis Cass in 1819, sparsely settled Oakland was originally twice its current size. As was customary at the time, as populations increased, other counties were organized from its land area. Woodward Avenue and the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad helped draw settlers in the 1840s. By 1840, Oakland had more than fifty lumber mills, processing wood harvested from the region and the Upper Peninsula. Pontiac, located on the Clinton River, was Oakland's first town and became the county seat. After the Civil War, Oakland was still primarily a rural, agricultural county with numerous isolated villages. By the end of the 19th century, three rail lines served Pontiac, and the city attracted carriage and wagon factories. In the late 1890s streetcars were constructed here and to Detroit.

At that time, developers made southern Oakland County a suburb of Detroit; a Cincinnati firm platted a section of Royal Oak called "Urbanrest." Migration worked both ways. Several thousand people moved from Oakland County farms to Detroit as the city attracted factories. By 1910, a number of rich Detroiters had summer homes and some year-round residences in what became Bloomfield Hills. The auto age enveloped Pontiac in the early 1900s. The Oakland Motor Car Company was founded in 1907 and became a part of General Motors Corp., which was soon Pontiac's dominant firm.

In the 1950s, Oakland County's population boomed as the Detroiters began migrating to the suburbs. Oakland County was for a time the fourth-wealthiest county in the United States, though its position has declined somewhat since the Great Recession.[7] The median price of a home in Oakland County increased to $164,697, more than $30,000 above the national median. Oakland County is home to several super-regional shopping malls such as Somerset Collection, Twelve Oaks Mall, and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets.

Geography[]

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Downtown Holly

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 907 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 868 square miles (2,250 km2) is land and 40 square miles (100 km2) (4.4%) is water.[8]

Oakland County was originally divided into 25 separate townships, which are listed below. Each township is roughly equal in size at six miles (10 km) by six miles, for a total township area of 36 square miles (93 km2). The roots of this design were born out of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the subsequent Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Oakland County itself is a prime example of the land policy that was established, as all townships are equal in size (save for slight variations due to waterways). Section 16 in each township was reserved for financing and maintaining public education, and even today many schools in Oakland County townships are located within that section.

Wayne County, where the city of Detroit is located, borders Oakland County to the south. 8 Mile Road, also known as "Baseline Road" in some areas, is the boundary between these counties. The baseline was used during the original surveying for Michigan, and it serves as the northern/southern boundaries for counties from Lake St. Clair to Lake Michigan. As more working and middle-class populations moved to the suburbs from the 1950s on, this divide (8 Mile Road) became historically known as an unofficial racial dividing line between what became the predominantly black city and almost exclusively white suburbs.

Since the late 20th century, however, the patterns of de facto segregation have faded as the suburbs have become more diverse. Middle-class African Americans have left the city, settling in inner-ring suburbs, notably Southfield (75.08%), west of Woodward Avenue. Based on the 2010 Census, the following cities also have significant minority ethnic populations: Farmington (25.3%), Farmington Hills (31.7%), Novi (30.12%), Oak Park (62.61%), Lathrup Village (72.97%), Orchard Lake Village (16.08%), Rochester Hills (20.94%), Troy (29.4%), Wixom (26.28%), West Bloomfield (24.0%), Bloomfield (18.28%), Bloomfield Hills (14.2%), Ferndale (17.2%), and Madison Heights (17.7%). Ferndale has a concentration of Arab Americans, who also live in nearby areas, and numerous Asian Americans, particularly Indians, have also settled in these areas.

Adjacent counties[]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1820 330
1830 4,911 1,388.2%
1840 23,646 381.5%
1850 31,270 32.2%
1860 38,261 22.4%
1870 40,867 6.8%
1880 41,537 1.6%
1890 41,245 −0.7%
1900 44,792 8.6%
1910 49,576 10.7%
1920 90,050 81.6%
1930 211,251 134.6%
1940 254,068 20.3%
1950 396,001 55.9%
1960 690,259 74.3%
1970 907,871 31.5%
1980 1,011,793 11.4%
1990 1,083,592 7.1%
2000 1,194,156 10.2%
2010 1,202,362 0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790–1960[10] 1900–1990[11]
1990–2000[12] 2010–2019[3]

As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people and 315,175 families residing in the county. 77.3% were White, 13.6% Black or African American, 5.6% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 1.0% of some other race and 2.2% of two or more races. 3.5% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). There were 527,255 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile (218/km2).[13]

Regarding ancestry, in 2000 14.4% of the population were ethnically German, 9.0% Irish, 8.5% English, 8.5% Polish, 5.7% Italian and 5.5% American, 87.4% spoke only English at home; 2.0% spoke Spanish, 1.3% Syriac (Neo Aramaic) and 1.0% Arabic. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile (528/km2). There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile (218/km2).

The 2000 census showed two Native American tribes with more than 1,000 members in Oakland County. There were 2,095 Cherokee and 1,458 Chippewa.

The Jewish community of metropolitan Detroit, with a population of 72,000, is the 21st largest Jewish community in the nation. This community is concentrated in Oakland County, especially in Southfield, Oak Park, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Hills, Farmington Hills, Troy and Huntington Woods.[14]

There were 471,115 households, of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 54.20% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.10% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.09.

Among Asian Americans, eight ethnic groups had more than 1,000 members in the county in 2000. The most numerous were those of Asian Indian descent, with 20,705. Next were those of Chinese heritage, numbering 10,018. Next were those of Japanese (5,589), Filipino (5,450) Korean (5,351), Vietnamese (1,687), Pakistani (1,458) and Hmong (1,210) ancestry.[15]

In 2001, Oakland County had the 36th largest Asian population of any county in the country.[16] In 2002, of the Oakland-Wayne-Macomb tricounty area, Oakland County had 49% of the tri-county area's Asian population.[17]

The county's population was spread out in terms of age, with 25.20% of people under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $86,567, making Oakland County the 21st wealthiest county in the United States.[18] Males had a median income of $55,833 versus $35,890 for females. The per capita income for the county was $65,759. About 3.80% of families and 5.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.50% of those under age 18 and 6.50% of those age 65 or over.

Government[]

The county government operates the jail, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has limited authority to make laws or ordinances.[19] In Michigan, most local government functions—police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. Oakland County has an elected sheriff, and his or her law-enforcement services are used throughout the county. Ten townships, 3 cities, and 2 villages do not have municipal police forces,[20] but rather contract with the sheriff for police services specific to the municipalities. For instance, the city of Rochester Hills does not have a "Rochester Hills Police Department," but instead has an established sheriff substation in the city with deputies who are dedicated to that city only. That branch operates as the Oakland County Sheriff's Department, Rochester Hills substation. The sheriff operates in the same manner with other municipalities who opt not to have their own police agencies. This typically is a cost-effective way for municipalities to provide police services to its citizens. The county sheriff also maintains a civil division, marine division, alcohol and traffic enforcement units, and an aviation division.

Elected officials[]

  • County Executive: Dave Coulter (D-Ferndale)[21]
  • Prosecuting Attorney: Karen McDonald (D-Birmingham)[21]
  • Sheriff: Mike Bouchard (R-Bloomfield Hills)[21]
  • County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield)[21]
  • County Treasurer: Robert Wittenberg (D-Huntington Woods)
  • Water Resources Commissioner: Jim Nash (D-Farmington Hills)[21]
  • Board of Commissioners: 21 members, elected from districts (11 Democrats, 10 Republicans)

(information as of December 7, 2020)

Road Commission[]

Roads that are not maintained by a local community (city/village) are maintained by the independent Road Commission for Oakland County, which is governed by three board members appointed by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.[22]

Oakland County Service Center[]

The East Campus of the Oakland County Service Center is located in Pontiac. It includes the county courthouse and jail for adults.[23]

The West Campus of the Oakland County Service Center is located in Waterford Township.[23][24] This includes the Oakland County Executive Building and Conference Center,[25] and the Oakland County Children's Village,[23] the county's juvenile detention center for children.[26] The Children's Village acts as one of the support sites for the Waterford School District.[27]

Politics[]

Oakland County was historically a bastion of suburban conservatism, and was hence a longstanding stronghold of the Republican Party. However, in the 1990s it became highly competitive, and since 2008 it has given over 50% of its vote to the Democratic candidate for President in each election. Republican strength is concentrated in the many exurban townships of the county, while Democratic strength is concentrated in suburbs such as Royal Oak, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, and Southfield. Other suburbs such as Novi, Troy, Birmingham, and Rochester once leaned more Republican, but are now relatively split between the two parties, with younger adults tending to support Democrats and elderly residents tending to support Republicans.

In 1996, Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to carry Oakland County since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and only the fourth to do so since 1892. Al Gore and John Kerry also carried the county, by narrow margins, against George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, respectively. In 2008, the county swung hard to Barack Obama, who became the first Democrat to win a majority in the county since LBJ, and only the third to do so since 1884. (See table at right.) He again carried the county in 2012, though by a smaller margin. Hillary Clinton won a narrow majority in 2016. In 2020, Joe Biden won it with 56 percent, one of the best showings since LBJ. He also won over 400,000 raw votes, and achieved a raw vote margin of over 100,000 votes for the first time in the county's history for a Democrat.

While the Democratic Party has found increasing success in Presidential elections in Oakland County, the state Republican Party has remained strong in some recent gubernatorial and state elections. The county favored former Gov. Rick Snyder (R) by a 22-percent margin in the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election and again by a 12-point margin in the 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) carried the county by 17 points in the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election. Republicans held a majority on the County Commission for most of its history, but following the 2018 elections, Democrats won a narrow 11-10 majority on the commission.[28]

In the 117th Congress, Oakland County is represented by four Democrats, Brenda Lawrence (14th), Andy Levin (9th), Haley Stevens (11th) and Elissa Slotkin (8th). Slotkin and Stevens were first elected in 2018, flipping Republican-held seats.

United States presidential election results for Oakland County, Michigan[29]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 325,971 42.22% 434,148 56.24% 11,872 1.54%
2016 289,203 43.23% 343,070 51.29% 36,652 5.48%
2012 296,514 45.37% 349,002 53.40% 8,055 1.23%
2008 276,956 41.94% 372,566 56.42% 10,873 1.65%
2004 316,633 49.32% 319,387 49.75% 5,957 0.93%
2000 274,319 48.10% 281,201 49.31% 14,745 2.59%
1996 219,855 43.48% 241,884 47.84% 43,903 8.68%
1992 242,160 43.57% 214,733 38.64% 98,867 17.79%
1988 283,359 61.27% 174,745 37.78% 4,384 0.95%
1984 306,050 66.71% 150,286 32.76% 2,464 0.54%
1980 253,211 54.65% 164,869 35.58% 45,248 9.77%
1976 244,271 58.69% 164,266 39.47% 7,668 1.84%
1972 241,613 63.78% 129,400 34.16% 7,838 2.07%
1968 156,538 45.31% 154,630 44.76% 34,290 9.93%
1964 114,025 38.33% 182,797 61.44% 686 0.23%
1960 162,026 54.27% 135,531 45.39% 1,005 0.34%
1956 152,990 60.37% 99,901 39.42% 527 0.21%
1952 115,503 60.73% 73,871 38.84% 805 0.42%
1948 62,516 53.49% 51,491 44.06% 2,859 2.45%
1944 59,627 51.49% 55,272 47.73% 914 0.79%
1940 49,002 50.71% 47,022 48.67% 599 0.62%
1936 30,071 40.64% 40,329 54.50% 3,597 4.86%
1932 32,462 47.79% 33,135 48.78% 2,331 3.43%
1928 45,343 81.53% 10,011 18.00% 264 0.47%
1924 28,603 81.27% 4,105 11.66% 2,488 7.07%
1920 19,321 70.98% 6,421 23.59% 1,478 5.43%
1916 7,730 51.86% 6,659 44.67% 517 3.47%
1912 4,083 35.46% 3,668 31.86% 3,762 32.68%
1908 6,267 58.18% 3,950 36.67% 554 5.14%
1904 6,986 61.88% 3,956 35.04% 347 3.07%
1900 6,173 53.04% 4,966 42.67% 499 4.29%
1896 5,846 46.01% 5,271 41.49% 1,588 12.50%
1892 4,763 44.98% 4,925 46.51% 902 8.52%
1888 5,389 47.31% 5,410 47.50% 591 5.19%
1884 4,842 45.03% 5,386 50.09% 525 4.88%



Transportation[]

Air[]

  • Oakland County International Airport (PTK) (Waterford Township) – Charter passenger facility.

The following airports are located in neighboring counties:

  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) (Romulus) – Major commercial airport and hub for Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines located in Wayne County.
  • Bishop International Airport (FNT) (Flint) – Commercial airport located in Genesee County.
  • Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET) (Detroit) – General aviation only. This airport is in Wayne County in the city of Detroit.

Major highways[]

  • I-75 I-75 (Walter P. Chrysler Freeway) is the main north–south highway in the region, serving Flint, Pontiac, Troy, and Detroit, before continuing south (as the Fisher and Detroit-Toledo Freeways) to serve many of the communities along the shore of Lake Erie.
  • I-96 I-96 runs northwest-southeast through Oakland County and (as the Jeffries Freeway) has its eastern terminus in downtown Detroit.
  • I-275 I-275 runs north-south from I-75 in the south to the junction of I-96 and I-696 in the north, providing a bypass through the western suburbs of Detroit.
  • I-696 I-696 (Walter P. Reuther Freeway) runs east-west from the junction of I-96 and I-275, providing a route through the northern suburbs of Detroit. Taken together, I-275 and I-696 form a semicircle around Detroit.
  • US 24 US 24 ends just outside of Clarkston at I-75. To the south, US 24 serves suburban Detroit and Monroe before entering Ohio. Much of US 24 in Oakland County is named Telegraph Road, and it is a major north–south road extending from Toledo, Ohio, through Monroe, Wayne, and Oakland Counties to Pontiac. It gained notoriety in a song (Telegraph Road) by the group Dire Straits.
  • M-1 M-1 (Woodward Avenue) has a northern terminus in Pontiac. The route continues southerly from Oakland County into the City of Detroit, ending downtown. The Detroit Zoo is located along M-1 in Oakland County. M-1 is also home to the Woodward Dream Cruise, a classic-car cruise from Pontiac to Ferndale that is held in August. It is the largest single-day classic-car cruise in America.
  • M-5 M-5
  • M-10 M-10 (John C. Lodge Freeway) runs largely parallel to I-75 from Southfield to downtown Detroit. The service drives are named Northwestern Highway.
  • M-15 M-15 (Ortonville Road, Main Street in Clarkston)
  • M-24 M-24 (Lapeer Road) has a southern terminus at I-75 northeast of Pontiac. To the north, the route continues to Lapeer and beyond. Note: M-24 and US 24 do not intersect at present, although this was the case until the 1950s.
  • M-39 M-39 (Southfield Freeway) runs north-south from I-94 in Allen Park to Southfield. North of Nine Mile Road, the freeway ends and continues as Southfield Road into Birmingham.
  • M-59 M-59 (Highland Road [from Pontiac westerly], Huron Street [within Pontiac] and Veterans Memorial Freeway [Pontiac to Utica]), continues east in Macomb County as Hall Road to Clinton Township and west to I-96 near Howell
  • M-102 M-102 Perhaps better known as 8 Mile Road, M-102 follows the Oakland–Wayne county line for most of its length. 8 Mile Road, known by many due to the film 8 Mile, forms the dividing line between Detroit on the south and the suburbs of Macomb and Oakland counties on the north. It is also known as Baseline Road outside of Detroit, because it coincides with the baseline used in surveying Michigan; that baseline is also the boundary for a number of Michigan counties. It is designated M-102 for much of its length in Wayne County.
  • M-150 M-150 (Rochester Road) serves as a spur highway from M-59 into the city of Rochester.
  • Grand River Avenue connects the suburbs of Brighton, Novi, and Farmington to downtown Detroit. The avenue follows the route of old US 16 before I-96 replaced it in 1962. It is one of the five roads planned by Judge August Woodward to radiate out from Detroit and connect the city to other parts of the state.

Rail[]

Amtrak's Wolverine serves Oakland County with 3 daily trains each way, stopping in Pontiac, Troy, Royal Oak, and continuing on to Chicago.

Mile roads[]

  • Surface-street navigation in metro Detroit is commonly anchored by "mile roads," major east-west surface streets that are spaced at one-mile (1.6 km) intervals and increment as one travels north and away from the city center. Mile roads sometimes have two names, the numeric name (e.g., 15 Mile Road), used in Macomb County, and a local name (e.g., Maple Road), used in Oakland County (for the most part).

Bicycling[]

The conditions on most non-residential roads in Oakland County are not favorable to bicycling. Exceptions to this are primarily in the inner-ring suburbs within the southeast corner of the county. This is due to their street grid.

A primary reason for these unfavorable cycling conditions is the Road Commission for Oakland County has a policy of not accommodating bicycles on the road. As a result, some communities have designated sidepaths (locally called "safety paths") as bike routes which do not meet the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) guidelines for bicycling facilities and have been found to be less safe than on-road bike facilities.[30]

As a result, there are no designated Bicycle Friendly Communities within Oakland County.

Only the city of Ferndale has a built comprehensive bicycle network of bike lanes and signed shared roadways.

Education[]

The County of Oakland counterpart in public education (K-12) is the Oakland Schools, an Intermediate school district. The county is also home to multiple renowned private elementary and high schools, including The Roeper School and Cranbrook.

Higher education[]

Oakland County is home to several institutions of higher education.

  • Baker College, Auburn Hills campus
  • Oakland University, Rochester
  • The Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Auburn Hills campus
  • Lawrence Technological University, Southfield
  • Rochester University, Rochester
  • Walsh College of Accountancy and Business, Troy and Novi campuses
  • Oakland Community College, five campuses: Orchard Ridge (Farmington Hills), Auburn Hills, Southfield, Highland Lakes, and Royal Oak.
  • Saint Mary's College of Madonna University, Orchard Lake
  • Cranbrook College of Art, Bloomfield Hills


Sports[]

Club League Venue Established Championships
Oakland County FC Premier League of America, Soccer Clawson Park Stadium 2015

The NFL's Detroit Lions played their home games at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac from 1975 through 2001, when they moved to Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. The Detroit Pistons played at the Silverdome from 1978 to 1988, they played at the Pontiac Silverdome. The Silverdome was also the site of Super Bowl XVI, where the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, the first of 5 Super Bowl titles for the 49ers. The Pontiac Silverdome also hosted various other sporting events, prior to being demolished in 2017.

From 1988 to 2017, prior to the move to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Detroit Pistons played their home games at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills. The Palace of Auburn Hills was demolished in 2020.[31]

Communities[]

Oakland County, MI census map2

U.S. Census data map showing local municipal boundaries within Oakland County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.

Cities[]

Villages[]

  • Beverly Hills
  • Bingham Farms
  • Franklin
  • Holly
  • Lake Orion
  • Leonard
  • Milford
  • Ortonville
  • Oxford
  • Wolverine Lake

Charter townships[]

Civil townships[]

  • Addison Township
  • Groveland Township
  • Holly Township
  • Novi Township
  • Rose Township
  • Southfield Township

Unincorporated communities[]

  • Andersonville
  • Austin Corners
  • Brandon Gardens
  • Campbells Corner
  • Charing Cross
  • Clintonville
  • Clyde
  • Commerce
  • Davisburg
  • Drayton Plains
  • East Highland
  • Elizabeth Lake
  • Five Points
  • Four Towns
  • Gingellville
  • Glengary
  • Goodison
  • Groveland Corners
  • Hickory Ridge
  • Highland
  • Huron Heights
  • Jossman Acres
  • Kensington
  • Lake Orion Heights
  • Lakeville
  • New Hudson
  • Newark
  • Oak Grove
  • Oakley Park
  • Oakwood
  • Oxbow
  • Perry Lake Heights
  • Rose Center
  • Rose Corners
  • Rudds Mill
  • Seven Harbors
  • Springfield
  • Thomas
  • Union Lake
  • Walters
  • Waterford Village
  • Waterstone
  • West Highland
  • Westacres
  • White Lake

Lakes[]

Quarton Lake also known as The Old Mill Pond.

Rivers[]

There are four major rivers in Oakland County:[32]

  • Clinton River
  • Huron River
  • Rouge River
  • Shiawassee River

The headwaters of each of these rivers lie in Oakland County.

See also[]

  • Woodward Corridor
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Oakland County, Michigan
  • List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Oakland County, Michigan
  • Oakland County Child Killer
  • Saginaw Trail

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