Southfield, MI news and local guide

The fire department was formed on April 6, 1942, and the police department in 1953. In the 1950s communities within the township began to incorporate, including Lathrup Village in 1950 and Beverly Hills in 1957, and most of what remained was incorporated as the City of Southfield on April 28, 1958, to protect it from annexation by those municipalities and especially by Detroit. Part of the motive was the wish of white residents who had moved to the suburbs not to be joined to Detroit's growing Black community. City Hall was built in 1964 as part of a new Civic Center, which was expanded in 1971 with a sports arena and pool and later with a public safety building, pavilion and court building in 1978. Southfield grew into a major suburban business center, and Lathrup Village remains an independent enclave within it. Sources Wikipedia: Southfield, Michigan