Detroit, Oregon

Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Detroit is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Detroit, Michigan, in the 1890s because of the large number of people from Michigan in the community. The population was 203 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

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Railroad turntable, just above Detroit, Template:Circa

The original townsite of Detroit was inundated in the summer of 1952 when the Corps of Engineers finished Detroit Dam on the Santiam River.<ref name="dam">Template:Cite web</ref> The community was relocated about Template:Convert northwest of the original site, on Route 22, and was incorporated as a city the same year.

Construction on the concrete Detroit Dam began on April 1, 1949, as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Willamette Valley Project. The completed dam was dedicated by former Oregon Governor Douglas McKay and the U. S. Secretary of the Interior on June 10, 1953. In addition to flood control, the dam benefited navigation, irrigation, electric power production, stream purification and recreation.<ref>Template:Cite web File:CC-BY icon.svg This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.</ref>

Located near Detroit Lake and Detroit Lake State Park, Detroit's economy is dependent on tourism. The community suffered from a drought in 2001, when Detroit Lake was little more than the Santiam River through the summer.<ref name="lowwater">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2010, by a vote of 47–37,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> citizens in Detroit voted down a ballot measure that would have changed the city's name to Detroit Lake, the name of the neighboring reservoir and one of the most visited summer sites in Oregon. The proposal was put forth by Doug DeGeorge, a builder and motel owner who resides in Arizona and wanted to disassociate the town from Detroit, Michigan, and its close ties to "crime, corruption, failing schools, and a shaky auto industry". DeGeorge was not present on the day of the city council vote, but repercussions from his comments had phone lines flooded with angry calls from Michigan residents. Voters chose to keep the original name of the city, though most residents and tourists still call it Detroit Lake.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref> Gary Brown, a city councilman in Detroit, Michigan, disagreed with the proposal, saying that residents would have made a big mistake because "the Motor City will one day return to its previous glory".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On September 9, 2020, the entire city of Detroit was mostly burned to the ground during the Santiam Fire.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dozens of people were trapped, but managed to escape on a forest road through the active fire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fatalities confirmed">Template:Cite web</ref> A few months later, during the February 2021 winter and ice storm, the city received 26 in (66 cm) of snowTemplate:Emdashthe most of any place affected by the storm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Detroit has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">Template:Cite web</ref>

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above Template:Convert. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Detroit has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated Csb on climate maps.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Weather box

Demographics

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2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 202 people, 96 households, and 59 families living in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 368 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% White, 1.5% Native American, and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.0% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 96 households, of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.5% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.64.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 51.4 years. 18.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.9% were from 25 to 44; 48.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 262 people, 119 households, and 69 families living in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 383 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 96.56% White, 1.15% Native American, 0.38% from other races, and 1.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.82% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 119 households, out of which 21.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.77.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median income for a household in the city was $32,250, and the median income for a family was $35,156. Males had a median income of $41,875 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,857. About 17.9% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 44.1% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>