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Originally organized as Livonia Township in 1835, it incorporated as a city in 1950. History. After most members of the indigenous tribes were pushed out of the area, ethnic European-American pioneers from New England and New York settled here.
In 1950, the residents of Livonia Township voted to become a City. On May 23, 1950, the entire Township was incorporated into the City of Livonia. Livonia has grown from a population of 17,000 in 1950 to over 100,000 in 1998.
Livonia, city, Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is a western suburb of Detroit. It originated in 1834 as Livonia township (named for Livonia, N.Y.) and was primarily a farming community for more than a century. After World War II it rapidly experienced planned industrial and residential.
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Oct 9, 2017 · Michigan’s Livonia began within Wayne County in 1835, when Livonia Township was set off from Nankin Township by the territorial Legislature and vote of its residents.
- Gene Scott
Sep 26, 2022 · Livonia Township was established in 1835, then largely an area of dairy farms and fruit orchards. It is thought that many of the township's first inhabitants came from Livonia Center, New York State, and that's where the name came from.
- Anya Wassenberg
Livonia Township's History. The first settlement in Michigan was at the Soo in 1669, closely followed by a small mission at St Ignace two years later; but the history of Michigan primarily begins with the settlement of Detroit in 1701. Because of its position on the river, it controlled traffic to the upper Great Lakes regions, and became a fur ...
In 1836, the new village was named Livonia City, in honor of the newly formed township of Livonia, which was created in 1835. The name Livonia appears to have come from Livonia Center, New York, which was the home of some of the township’s earliest settlers.
