1851: Detroit's population grows to 26,000, with 600 brick and 4,000 wooden buildings. 1853: Detroit begins to build railroad cars under the business name Detroit Car and Manufacturing Co.

Detroit's population increased more than a thousand-fold between 1820 and 1930. Most of the increase occurred during the early decades of the 20th century. [1] This massive population increase was …

The population of Detroit at the time was about 600 people. The city lacked a paid, professional fire department and would not acquire the first steam engine fire truck until mid-century.

The population of the central area had increased from less than 1000 in 1840 to nearly 7,000 in 1850. The 21 counties constituting the northern area had a scattered population of less than 2,000, …

Feb 11, 2026 · A tax list of Wayne County in 1802 and a list of residents of Detroit in 1805 may be considered early enumerations of Michigan population. The state census schedules for 1845, 1854, …

Related: June 11, 1805 was a hot, dry and windy day in Detroit. The city had a population of about 600 people at the time and almost all structures were made of wood.

By 1773, after the addition of increasing numbers of the Anglo-American settlers, the population of Detroit and Fort Detroit, was edging up to 1,400 (doubled in the previous decade).

The failure to relinquish Detroit as expected and the fact that the British still coveted that strategic location, were exacerbating factors that led to the War of 1812 -- a rematch between the British and …

The city had a population of approximately 1,000 residents, comprising a blend of French, British, and American settlers. The economy was primarily agrarian, with farming and fur trading being the main …

Feb 7, 2022 · But a fire in 1805, that burned an entire city and displaced 300 of it's residents, opened an opportunity for its freed and enslaved African-American residents to become landowners.