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city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Michigan
County
Oakland
Organized
1830 (as Southfield Township )
Type
Mayor–council
Mayor
Kenson Siver (I)
Manager
Frederick Zorn
City
26.26 sq mi (68.01 km )
Land
26.25 sq mi (67.99 km )
Water
0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
Elevation
682 ft (208 m)
Density
2,918.5/sq mi (1,126.83/km )
Metro
4,296,250 ( Metro Detroit )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( EST )
Summer dst
UTC−4 ( EDT )
Zip codes
48033–48034, 48037, 48075–48076, 48086
Area codes
248 and 947
Fips code
26-74900

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Encyclopedic overview

Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Southfield lies roughly 15 miles (24.1 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. The city had a population of 76,618 at the 2020 census.

Southfield home to multiple business districts, including the Southfield City Centre (an edge city which contains the tallest building in Detroit's suburbs) and the area surrounding the former Northland Center shopping mall. It is also home to Lawrence Technological University. The city was originally part of Southfield Township before incorporating in 1958. The autonomous city of Lathrup Village is an enclave within Southfield.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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