Eastpointe, Michigan
Eastpointe, Michigan | |
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| Motto(s): "Gateway to Macomb County" "A Family Town" | |
Location within Macomb County | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′58″N 82°56′47″W / 42.46611°N 82.94639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Macomb |
| Founded | 1837 |
| Incorporated (village) | December 8, 1924 as Halfway |
| Incorporated (city) | January 7, 1929 as East Detroit |
| Renamed | July 1, 1992 as Eastpointe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Michael Klinefelt |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Cardi DeMonaco Jr. |
| • City council | Harvey Curley Rob Baker Margaret Podsiadlik |
| • Manager | Mariah Walton (acting, 2021–22; permanent, 2022–present) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.160 sq mi (13.364 km2) |
| • Land | 5.158 sq mi (13.358 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0019 sq mi (0.005 km2) |
| Elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 34,318 |
• Estimate (2023) | 33,676 |
| • Density | 6,529.5/sq mi (2,521.04/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 48021 |
| Area code | 586 |
| FIPS code | 26-24290 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1623024 |
| Sales tax | 6.0% |
| Website | cityofeastpointe.net |
Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit) is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Eastpointe borders Detroit to the south, roughly 11 miles (17.7 km) northeast of Downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,318.