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Taylor, Michigan | |
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| City of Taylor | |
Clockwise: Taylor Municipal offices, WCCCD Downriver Campus, the Pledge Statues, Heritage Park, the Gateway Bridge, former Masco, headquarters | |
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| Nickname: | |
| Motto(s): "Omnis auctorias populo est" "Made For You" | |
 Location within Wayne County | |
  Taylor Location within the state of Michigan  Taylor Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 42°14′27″N 83°16′11″W / 42.24083°N 83.26972°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| Organized | 1847 (Taylor Township) |
| Incorporated | 1968 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Tim Woolley |
| • Clerk | Cynthia Bower |
| Area | |
| • City | 23.63 sq mi (61.21 km2) |
| • Land | 23.62 sq mi (61.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 614 ft (187 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 63,409 |
| • Density | 2,685.00/sq mi (1,036.67/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,285,832 (Metro Detroit) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 48180 |
| Area code(s) | 313 and 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-79000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1614609[4] |
| Website | cityoftaylor |
Taylor is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 63,409 at the 2020 census.[5] Taylor is the fifth most-populated city in Wayne County and the 17th most-populated city in Michigan.
The area was originally a civil township known as Taylor Township, which was organized in 1848 and later incorporated as the city of Taylor in 1968. Taylor is the most-populated municipality of the Downriver community, and it is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the southern border of Detroit and about 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Downtown Detroit.
Taylor is home to the Southland Center, Taylor Sportsplex, Beaumont Hospital – Taylor, the Downriver Campus of the Wayne County Community College District, and is the founding location of Hungry Howie's Pizza. The city was also home to the now-demolished Gibraltar Trade Center. Heritage Park is located within the city and hosts the Junior League World Series, which invites youth baseball players from all over the world for an annual tournament in August. The city is served by the Taylor School District.
- ^ Detroit Metro Times Archived January 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Downriver: Close to Detroit, Far from Kentucky August 2012; public radio affiliated with Wayne State University, Michigan". wdet.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "Taylor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Michigan: 2020 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2020 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2020 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2021. p. 45 Michigan.