This week in Michigan real estate history features the incorporation of two of Oakland County’s most populous cities.

On June 7, 1955, the voters approved the incorporation of both the City of Troy and the City of Southfield. Both were previously organized as townships. The incorporation as cities preceded the dramatic growth in the population of both cities, as the migration of residents from the City of Detroit accelerated. The City of Detroit’s population has declined in every census since 1950. At the same time, the population of Troy grew from 19,402 in the 1960 census to 80,980 in the 2010 census. Southfield’s population grew from 31,531 in the 1960 census to 71,758 in the 2010 census.

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