Editing Grosse Pointe, Michigan (section)

== History ==
It was incorporated as a city in 1934.<ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 242</ref> There are five Grosse Pointes: Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe City, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Woods, and Grosse Pointe Shores.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.grossepointechamber.com/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce|language=en-US}}</ref>

Together with [[Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Park]] and [[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Farms]], the city comprises part of the southern Pointes, which are older and more densely populated than the northern Pointes ([[Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Woods]] and [[Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Shores]]). It became heavily populated between 1910 and 1930 as one of Detroit's first commuter suburbs; in the previous century, [[Grosse Pointe]] was home to cottages, resorts, farms, and widely spaced lakefront mansions. Grosse Pointe ("the City"), Grosse Pointe Farms, and Grosse Pointe Park make up the [[Grosse Pointe South High School]] district. Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores make up the [[Grosse Pointe North High School]] district. Downtown Grosse Pointe, along Kercheval Avenue from Neff to Cadieux, nicknamed "The Village," is considered by many locals to be the central downtown for all five of the Grosse Pointes, although each of them (except Grosse Pointe Shores) has several blocks of retail properties.