Editing Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Grosse Pointe Farms Post Office.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Grosse Pointe branch post office in Grosse Pointe Farms (48236 ZIP Code)]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.32|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|9.57|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref> The water is part of [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]].

The Farms has a more varied topography and streetscape than the other southern [[Grosse Pointe]]s. While Grosse Pointe and Grosse Pointe Park are built on a standard street grid and are basically flat, Grosse Pointe Farms is partially built on the same grid flowing out of Detroit, but also features districts with irregular, curving street paths. A low but noticeable ridge runs through the center of the city. The Farms also contains the "point" in Grosse Pointe, where, just east of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, there is a large bend in the lakeshore, such that those on the shoreline face east, instead of south, as they do when on the shoreline of neighboring Grosse Pointe, closer to the entrance of the [[Detroit River]].

The cityscape varies widely, with large sections of old homes ranging from bungalows to mansions, and a few newer sections with ranch houses or luxury homes built on subdivided estates. The Farms has a downtown on Kercheval Avenue combining historic buildings with newer, neo-traditional storefronts.