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Downriver | |
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 Communities within Wayne County that are included as part of the Downriver community | |
  Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 42°12′19″N 83°11′53″W / 42.20528°N 83.19806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne[a] |
| Cities | Allen Park,Dearborn, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven, Wyandotte |
| Townships | Brownstown, Grosse Ile, Huron |
| Area | |
| • Total | 213.09 sq mi (551.9 km2) |
| • Land | 190.94 sq mi (494.5 km2) |
| • Water | 22.15 sq mi (57.4 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 466,577 |
| • Density | 1,866.8/sq mi (720.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 48101, 48111, 48122, 48134, 48138, 48146, 48164, 48173, 48174, 48180, 48183, 48192, 48193, 48195, 48218, 48229, 48242 |
| Area code(s) | 313 and 734 |
| Congressional districts | 5th,[a] 6th, and 13th |
Downriver is a region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most definitions of the region include 19 communities in Wayne County,[a] south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River.[1][2]
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- ^ Kibby, Mark (January 2014). "Plan to Increase the Existing Level of Cooperation, Collaboration, and Consolidation of Services" (PDF) (Press release). Woodhaven, Michigan: City of Woodhaven. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
Beginning in 1967, Woodhaven and several Downriver communities banded together and formed what is now called the Downriver Mutual Aid (DMA) and consists of 19 communities
- ^ "Where is Downriver?". Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2006-05-26.