Editing Allen Park, Michigan (section)

==History==
Allen Park was incorporated as a village in 1927, and as a city in 1957.<ref name=romig>Romig, Walter (1986). ''Michigan Place Names''.  Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p. 18. {{ISBN|0-8143-1837-1}}.</ref> It was named after Lewis Allen, a well-to-do lawyer and lumberman whose 276½ acres of land (primarily in [[Ecorse Township, Michigan|Ecorse Township]]) included holdings in what are now Allen Park and [[Melvindale, Michigan|Melvindale]].<ref name=romig /> Hubert Champaign (for whom Champaign Park is named) and Edward Pepper were two other early residents of the area.<ref name=romig />

In 1950 Allen Park did not include the part of the city directly west of [[Melvindale, Michigan|Melvindale]]; that area was still part of [[Ecorse Township, Michigan|Ecorse Township]].<ref>1950 Census. Population Vol. 1. p. 22-32</ref>