20 Facts About Pontiac Michigan

The City of Pontiac Michigan was home to Oakland Motor Car Company, which was acquired by General Motors in 1909.

Pontiac Michigan is bounded by the city of Auburn Hills to the east and north, the city of Lake Angelus to the north, Waterford Township to the west, and Bloomfield Township to the south.

Former Pontiac Michigan Township included what are now the cities of Pontiac Michigan, Lake Angelus, and Auburn Hills.

Present-day Pontiac, Michigan was traversed for thousands of years by indigenous peoples due to the confluence of the Saginaw Trail and the Nottawassippi River; the river's indigenous name was replaced with the Clinton River name by settlers coming from New York State where DeWitt Clinton served as Governor.

Pontiac Michigan Company, consisting of 15 members and chaired by Solomon Sibley of Detroit, comprised the first landowners in Pontiac Michigan.

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Stephen Mack, agent for the Pontiac Michigan Company, signed the deed at the request of the Sibleys, conveying 48.

Pontiac Michigan's is believed to be the first black woman to purchase land in the new territory of Michigan.

In 1837 Pontiac became a village, the same year that Michigan gained statehood.

Pontiac Michigan quickly became a capital of the new automotive industry.

Pontiac Michigan was a pivotal concentration of wartime production for the United States in World War II.

Racist policies and racial animus toward the growing African American population was an important factor, and until the mid-1960s with the enactment of Fair Housing ordinances, most of the properties in Pontiac Michigan neighborhoods contained racially restrictive covenants in the deeds.

In 1969, the city of Pontiac Michigan adopted the Pontiac Michigan Plan as the official plan for rebuilding the vacant area of the downtown district.

From 2009 through 2013, Pontiac Michigan was under the oversight of an Emergency Financial Manager appointed by the state government.

Pontiac Michigan sold its water treatment plant for $55 million, and outsources garbage collection, animal control, vital records and street maintenance.

Pontiac Michigan officials are considering relocating the event to the downtown area of the city.

Pontiac Michigan participates in the annual Woodward Dream Cruise, an event celebrating Woodward's hot-rod history, with a parade of cars stretching from Detroit to Pontiac Michigan.

Downtown Pontiac Michigan's nightlife includes nightclubs and music venues such as Club Visions, Tonic, and The Crofoot.

Pontiac was an early location of movie making, with the Raleigh Michigan Studios, renamed as the Motown Motion Picture Studios.

Four charter schools operate in Pontiac Michigan; they are Pontiac Michigan Academy for Excellence, Arts and Technology Academy, Walton Charter, and Great Lakes Academy.

Pontiac Michigan is home to Notre Dame Preparatory High School, a private Catholic school located in the North East area of the city.