Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Marion
- Mayor
- Jim Trett
- Total
- 0.95 sq mi (2.47 km )
- Land
- 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km )
- Water
- 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km )
- Elevation
- 1,604 ft (489 m)
- Density
- 346.3/sq mi (133.71/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Area codes
- 503 and 971
- Fips code
- 41-19100
- Website
- detroitoregon .us
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Encyclopedic overview
Detroit is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Detroit, Michigan, in the 1890s because of the large number of people from Michigan in the community. The population was 203 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Detroit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.