Editing Eastpointe, Michigan (section)

==History==
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The community was first settled by Irish and German immigrants in the 1830s. In October 1897, a post office was established there with the name of "Half-way", as it was near the halfway point of the stage run between downtown [[Detroit]] and the Macomb County seat at [[Mount Clemens, Michigan|Mount Clemens]]. It incorporated as the village of Halfway in December 1924 and reincorporated as the city of East Detroit in January 1929. Prior to 1924, most of the community formed a part of Erin Township (which includes all or part of Eastpointe, [[Roseville, Michigan|Roseville]], and [[St. Clair Shores]]. The city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after the change was approved by residents in a 1992 referendum; the name change had been proposed to remove any perceived association with the adjacent city of [[Detroit]]; the "pointe" suffix is intended to associate the city instead with the nearby affluent communities of the [[Grosse Pointe]]s. The city also changed its name to give the community a sense that it was its own city with its own unique history, identity, and not an extension or branch of Detroit. Other names were also nominated for the referendum never balloted.

The city's school district was unaffected by the municipal name change, and was called East Detroit Public Schools until 2017, when it changed the district name to [[Eastpointe Community Schools]] to align with the community name. It has one high school ([[Eastpointe High School]]), one middle school (Eastpointe Middle School, formerly Kelly Middle School), and four elementary schools. The primary district boundaries of Eastpointe Community Schools encompass the City of Eastpointe, minus the northeastern portion (east of Kelly Rd. and north of Stephens) and the southeastern portion of the city of [[Warren, Michigan|Warren]].