Hamtramck (pronounced /hæmˈtɹæmɪk/) is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,976. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion of the western border that touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park. Hamtramck is named for the soldier Jean François Hamtramck who was the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit. Image File history File links Wayne_County_Michigan_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hamtramck_highlighted. ... Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Map of Michigans counties The boundaries of counties in the U.S. state of Michigan have not changed since 1897. ... Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The council-manager government is one of two main variations of representative municipal government in the United States. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Donald Crawford (1837–1 January 1919) was a Liberal MP. He sat for the constituency of Lanarkshire North-East from 1885 to 1895. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... The Eastern Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Mr. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Area code 313 is the telephone area code serving the city of Detroit, Michigan, and some of the citys innermost suburbs. ... Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government for use by all (non-military) government agencies and by government contractors. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ... Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... This article is about the U.S. State. ... The United States Census of year 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Detroit redirects here. ... Highland Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Jean François Hamtramck (sometimes called John Francis Hamtramck) (1756 - 1803) was a French-Canadian from Quebec who joined the Continental Army and became a decorated officer in the American Revolutionary War. ... This article is about the fort commonly referred to as Fort Detroit during the War of 1812. ...

Hamtramck was originally settled by German farmers, but Polish immigrants flooded into the area when the Dodge Brothers plant opened in 1914. Poles still make up a large proportion of the population. It is sometimes confused with Poletown, a traditional Polish neighborhood, which lies mostly in the city of Detroit and includes a small part of Hamtramck. As of the 2000 census, over 22% of Hamtramck's population is of Polish origin; in 1970, it was 90% Polish. Alternate use: Dodge (disambiguation) Categories: Automobile stubs | Corporation stubs | Automobiles | Car companies of the United States | Chrysler | Corporations sponsoring NASCAR drivers ... Poletown was a section of Detroit, Michigan neighboring the enclave city of Hamtramck, Michigan. ...

Over the past thirty years, a large number of immigrants from the Middle East (especially Yemen) and South Asia (especially Bangladesh) have moved to the city. As of the 2000 census, the city's foreign born population stood at 41.1%[1], making it Michigan's most internationally diverse city (see more at Demographics below). A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ...

History

• 1796: Colonel Jean Francois Hamtramck took possession of Detroit after British troops evacuated.
• 1798: The Township of Hamtramck was established.
• 1901: Hamtramck was established as a village.
• 1908: Saint Florian's parish is the first Catholic church in Hamtramck
• 1910: Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company break ground for an automotive plant in Hamtramck; rapid influx of European immigrants begins.
• 1914: Dodge Brothers plant begins operations.
• 1922: Hamtramck is incorporated as a city to protect itself from annexation by Detroit; Peter C. Jezewski is the first mayor.
• 1926: St. Florian's present church edifice is built.
• 1959: Won Little League World Series of Baseball.
• 2000: Hamtramck goes into state receivership after running million dollar deficits and political in-fighting.
• 2006: Hamtramck is out of state receivership after the resignation of state-appointed Emergency Financial Manager Louis Schimmel

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Government

Hamtramck is governed under a council-manager form of government in which the elected mayor of the city is the chief executive officer. The city council hires a city manager, who becomes the city's chief administrative officer. The city manager has the vested powers and responsibility to appoint and remove all city employees and department heads, prepare the city's budget, and other city functions.^[3] The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of government policy. ...

The city council consists of six seats. The mayor is elected separately, and votes only in the case of a tie and on ordinances and contracts. The council elects its own mayor pro tem, who serves in the mayor's absence.

As of the November 2007 city elections, the current mayor of the city is Karen Majewski, Hamtramck's first female mayor^[4]. The current City Council members are mayor pro tem Scott Klein, Shahab Ahmed, Abdul Al-Ghazali, Cathy Gordon, Alan Shulgon, and Catrina Stackpoole.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

Hamtramck is mostly surrounded by Detroit except a small common border with the city of Highland Park. Hamtramck lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the center of Detroit. The I-75 freeway roughly runs along this city's western border and I-94 runs near its southern border. Highland Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Interstate 75 is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ... Interstate 94 is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. ...

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 22,976 people, 8,033 households, and 4,851 families residing in the city. The population density was 10,900.5 per square mile (4,208.7 /km²). There were 8,894 housing units at an average density of 4,219.6 per square mile (1,629.2 /km²). The racial makeup of the city was 60.96% white (which includes people of Middle Eastern ancestry), 15.12% African American, 0.43% Native American, 10.37% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 1.14% from other races, and 11.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

In the 2000 census, major ancestry groups reported by Hamtramck residents were as follows: 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

• Polish 22.9%^[5]
• Black or African American 15.1%
• Yugoslavian Bosnian 10.5%
• Arab (Excluding Iraqi and Lebanese) 8.2%
• Asian Indian 5.4%
• Ukrainian 3.2%
• German 2.9%
• Albanian 2.8%
• Bangladeshi 2.7%
• Irish 2.2%
• Italian 1.8%
• Russian 1.4%
• English 1.1%
• French (except Basque) 0.8%
• Lebanese 0.7%
• Scottish 0.7%
• Mexican 0.6%
• Pakistani 0.6%
• Macedonian 0.5%
• Iraqi 0.5%

3.1% of Hamtramck's population reported Albanian ancestry. This made it the second most Albanian place in the United States by percentage of the population, second only to Fairview, North Carolina.^[6] Fairview is a census-designated place located in Buncombe County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th in the US  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (340 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ...

There were 8,033 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.59. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 10.8% 18 through 24, 31.9% 25 through 44, 17.7% 45 through 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 110.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,616, and the median income for a family was $30,496. Males had a median income of $29,368 versus $22,346 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,691. About 24.1% of families and 27.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.9% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over. Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in their country. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Culture

Hamtramck flourished from 1910 to 1920 as thousands of European immigrants, particularly Polish, were attracted by the growing automobile industry. The city has grown increasingly ethnically diverse but still bears many reminders of its Polish ancestry in family names, street names and businesses. A recent survey found 26 native languages spoken by Hamtramck schoolchildren. The city's motto was "A League of Nations".

At the time of the 2000 census, Hamtramck was again experiencing considerable growth, with over 8,000 households and a population of almost 23,000.

In 1997, the Utne Reader named Hamtramck one of "the 15 hippest neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada" in part for its punk and alternative music scene, its Buddhist temple, its cultural diversity, and its laid back blue-collar neighborhoods. And in May 2003, Maxim Blender selected Hamtramck as the second "Most Rock N' Roll City" in the U.S., behind Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City. Hamtramck is home of several of Michigan's most distinguished music venues.

In January 2004, members of the Al-Islah Islamic Center requested permission to use loudspeakers for the purpose of broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer. This request set off a contentious debate in the city, ostensibly about the noise that would be caused by the call to prayer, eventually garnering national attention. Ultimately, Hamtramck amended its noise ordinance in July 2004 regulating the volume level of all religious sounds. Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Adhan (Azaan) (أَذَان) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin. ...

Economy

General Motors' Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant, one of the automaker's premiere facilities, produces the Cadillac DTS and the Buick Lucerne. GM has announced they will begin manufacturing the new plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt in 2010. General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, is a multinational corporation founded in 1908, and is headquartered in the United States. ... Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Hamtramck, Michigan. ... The Cadillac DTS (DeVille Touring Sedan) replaces the Cadillac DeVille as that carmakers largest luxury car for the 2006 model year. ... The Buick Lucerne is a full-size car sold by the Buick division of General Motors that replaces the Park Avenue and the LeSabre in 2006. ...

The Polish Art Center, at 9539 Joseph Campau Street, is a local institution in Hamtramck. There, one can find many Polish art objects, books, foods, and art from other areas of Europe. The center's selection of Communist-era Polish theatrical and operatic posters is extremely unusual.

Kowalski Sausage Co. manufactures meat products at 2270 Holbrook Street.

Education

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Hamtramck Festivals

Pączki Day

Polish immigrants, residents of Hamtramck, and southeastern Michigan celebrate "Fat Tuesday" (known locally as Pączki Day) by lining up at the city's numerous Polish bakeries to purchase pączki. On Pączki Day, several local bars host parties with live entertainment, some starting as early as 7 A.M.. A typical meal of pancakes Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom[1], Ireland[2], and Australia[3] to refer to the day before Ash Wednesday (the Roman Catholic liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). ... A typical meal of pancakes Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom[1], Ireland[2], and Australia[3] to refer to the day before Ash Wednesday (the Roman Catholic liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). ... LUKASZ WOLOSYZN ... A typical meal of pancakes Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom[1], Ireland[2], and Australia[3] to refer to the day before Ash Wednesday (the Roman Catholic liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). ...

Hamtramck Blowout

The Hamtramck Blowout is an annual music festival in Hamtramck. It is said to be the largest festival of its sort in the world. There's usually over 200 bands there and the festival lasts for four days all over bars in the neighborhood.

St. Florian Strawberry Festival

Held annually in the first weekend in May at grounds at St. Florian Church.

Hamtramck Labor Day Festival

Held Labor Day weekend, ending with the Polish Day Parade on Labor Day. Live music on three stages, carnival area, beer, and food tents line a half-mile (1 km) stretch of Joseph Campau Street, from Caniff to Carpenter.

Planet Ant Film & Video Festival in Hamtramck

The festival celebrates independent movies and the people who make them, featuring comedies, dramas, documentaries, animation and music videos.

Famous People From Hamtramck

• Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz
• Rocky Fisher (USAC driver)
• John Hodiak
• Ed Klewicki
• Gail Kobe
• James Marcinkowski
• Warith Deen Muhammad
• Mitch Ryder, musician known for his "blue-eyed soul" stylings and creative medleys
• Rudy Tomjanovich, former player and coach for The Houston Rockets. He was born and raised in Hamtramck and is a 1966 graduate of Hamtramck High School.
• Tom Tyler

Jane Peaches Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949, in Hamtramck, Michigan), was a nationally ranked tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Rocky Fisher (Real name Stanton Nawrocki) Age-68 Wins-(in all of racing) 100+ Children-6(2 are step children) Rocky has won many races. ... Actor John Hodiak was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1914. ... Gail Kobe (born March 19, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress and producer. ... Marcinkowski testifying James Marcinkowski (born 1955) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and former administrative staff attorney in the Oakland County Prosecutors Office (Michigan), and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2006. ... Warith Deen Muhammad The Honorable and Eminent, al-Imam Warith Deen Mohammad (born Wallace D. Muhammad on October 30, 1933) is an influential American Muslim leader. ... Mitch Ryder (born 26 February 1945) is an American musician born in Hamtramck, Michigan as William S. Levise Jr. ... Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. ... The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... Hamtramck High School is a public high school in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States, named after Colonel Jean François Hamtramck. ... The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler in his most famous role. ...

See also

• Detroit
• Polish American
• Bosnian American
• Albanian American
• Arab American
• Highland Park

Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Polish-American refers to American citizens of Polish descent. ... Bosnian Americans are citizens of the United States who are of Bosnian ancestry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Arab Americans constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from 22 Morocco in the west to Oman in the east. ... Highland Park is the name of several places in the United States of America: Highland Park, Florida Highland Park, Illinois Highland Park, Michigan Highland Park, New Jersey Highland Park, Pennsylvania Highland Park, Texas Highland Park, Los Angeles, California Highland Park, New York, New York, a neighborhood in Brooklyn Highland Park...

External links

• City of Hamtramck
• Hamtramck Firefighters
• Hamtramck Chamber of Commerce
• Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
• http://www.waynecounty.com/commun/hamtramck.html
• www.rootsweb.com/~miwayne/tour.html
• Preserve Our Parks in Hamtramck website
• Blowout Schedule and band info
• Hamtramck Star
• Hamtramck Music Awards

References

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