Wixom
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city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Oakland
- Incorporated
- 1957 (village), 1958 (city)
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Patrick Beagle
- Manager
- Steven Brown
- City
- 9.36 sq mi (24.23 km )
- Land
- 9.14 sq mi (23.67 km )
- Water
- 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
- Elevation
- 928 ft (283 m)
- Density
- 1,881.5/sq mi (726.47/km )
- Metro
- 4,296,250 ( Metro Detroit )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 26-88140
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Wixom (/ˈwɪksəm/ WIK-səm) is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northwestern suburb of Detroit, Wixom is located roughly 30 miles (48.3 km) from downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 17,193.
The city was home to the now-demolished Wixom Assembly Plant, which operated from 1957–2007. The city is also home to several production and manufacturing businesses, including Trijicon, Discraft, NGK, Rockwell Medical and Majic Window.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wixom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.