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Grosse Pointe Woods is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 16,135 at the 2010 census.

The city is a northeastern suburb of Metro Detroit and shares a small southern border with the city of Detroit. It is part of the Grosse Pointe collection of cities and the only one without a waterfront on Lake St. Clair.

Grosse Pointe Woods city overview:
Name:	Grosse Pointe Woods city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Wayne County
Incorporated:	1927 (village) 1950 (city)
Elevation:	584 ft (178 m)
Land Area:	3.24 sq mi (8.39 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Population Density:	5,087.01/sq mi (1,964.18/km²)
Area code:	313
FIPS code:	2635580
GNISfeature ID:	0627468

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History

While initially settled over a century ago, much of the city in its current form was built in the middle of the 20th century, particularly around and just after World War II, distinguishing Grosse Pointe Woods from older portions of Grosse Pointe.

The city was originally incorporated as the Village of Lochmoor in 1927 from the last unincorporated portion of Grosse Pointe Township. The village annexed the Stanhope-Allard strip of land from what was then Gratiot Township in 1931. The village changed its name from Lochmoor to Grosse Pointe Woods in 1939, but didn’t incorporate as a city until 1950.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.25 square miles (8.42 km), all land. It is the only one of the five Grosse Pointes with no Lake St. Clair shoreline, although the city owns a park in neighboring St. Clair Shores that is on the lake.