Nortown
Nortown is a neighborhood in City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Nortown is situated nearby to the neighborhood Grant, as well as near Sherwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Outer Drive and Coleman A. Young International Airport.
Outer Drive
Bus stop
Outer Drive is a bypass road which encircles both the eastern and western portions of the Detroit, Michigan region. It resembles a jagged horseshoe and was not originally intended to move traffic as much as it was to provide a pleasurable drive around the City of Detroit and some of its suburbs.
Coleman A. Young International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Russ Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coleman A. Young International Airport is six miles northeast of downtown Detroit, in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the City of Detroit. Coleman A. Young International Airport is situated 2 miles southeast of Nortown.
Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Smith2006, Public domain.
The Crosiers, formally known as the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, abbreviated OSC, is a Catholic religious order of canons regular of Pontifical Right for men. Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross is situated 2½ miles east of Nortown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Krainz Woods and Conant Gardens.
Krainz Woods
Neighborhood
Krainz Woods is a neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan. The neighborhood was named after Captain John Krainz Jr, a World War II hero from Detroit. The neighborhood was once home to Malcolm X, who lived on Keystone Street in the 1950s, and Spencer Haywood in the 1960s.
Conant Gardens
Neighborhood
Conant Gardens is a historically Black neighborhood in northeast Detroit, Michigan. The neighborhood was once the most exclusive Black neighborhood in that city, and residents of Conant Gardens comprised the most highly educated Black enclave in Detroit. Conant Gardens is situated 2 miles west of Nortown.
Center Line
Village
Photo: 42-BRT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Center Line is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Metro Detroit, Center Line is located roughly 11 miles north of downtown Detroit, and is completely surrounded by the larger city of Warren. Center Line is situated 3½ miles north of Nortown.
Nortown
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.43745° or 42° 26′ 15″ northLongitude
-83.02656° or 83° 1′ 36″ westOpen location code
86JRCXPF+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2917782270OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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