River Rouge
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city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Wayne
- Incorporated
- 1899 (village), 1922 (city)
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- William Campbell
- Clerk
- Patricia Johnson
- City
- 3.25 sq mi (8.41 km )
- Land
- 2.65 sq mi (6.87 km )
- Water
- 0.59 sq mi (1.54 km )
- Elevation
- 584 ft (178 m)
- Density
- 2,721.7/sq mi (1,050.85/km )
- Metro
- 4,285,832 ( Metro Detroit )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip code s
- 48209 ( Detroit ) , 48218
- Fips code
- 26-68760
- Website
- cityofriverrouge .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- River Rouge
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wayne County
- Population
- 7224
- Area
- 8.409186
- Elevation
- 178
- Shares border with
- Windsor
- Official website
- www.cityofriverrouge.com
- Image
- River Rouge City Hall (Michigan) 2.jpg
- Households
- 3231
- Dialing code
- 313
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- Commons category
- River Rouge, Michigan
- postal code
- 48218
- inception
- 1899-00-00
- P8168
- function composition
- water as percent of area
- 18.2755
- per capita income
- 16081
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Encyclopedic overview
River Rouge (/rɪˈvɜːr ruːʒ/, French: Rivière Rouge, lit. 'red river') is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,224 at the 2020 census.
The city is named after the River Rouge, which flows along the city's northern border and into the Detroit River. The city includes the heavily industrialized Zug Island and also has its own school district, River Rouge School District.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Rouge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.