Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit: Harper Woods, Michigan

It all started here.

The New York Times, 7/29/1970

Detroit is a city of 1.5 million people, 40 to 50 per cent black. The five Grosse Pointe suburbs are on the eastern edge, older and upper‐middle class suburbs with a history of excluding, blacks. Swinging west are the working‐class suburbs —Harper Woods, East Detroit, Warren and Hazel Park. A bit to the north are the upper‐middle‐class suburbs of Bloomfield Hills and Bir mingham, and to the west Southfield. Farther west there is more blue‐collar and territory— Livonia and the city of Dear born, with 100,000 population. 

Warren and Dearborn are automotive factory, centers where thousands of Negroes work but do not, live. In the other suburbs there area hand ful of blacks. 

A fast retreat by the Govern ment shows how touchy the desegregation issue is.

Source:  Wikipedia

Harper Woods' population peaked at 20,186 in 1970. Its 2017 estimated population is 13,743 -- a drop of 6,443 (32%).

Incorporated in 1951, the City of Harper Woods is tucked into the northeast corner of Detroit.   

Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit.
Allen Park.  (4/11/2019)
Dearborn Heights.  (4/14/2019)
Detroit.  (1/1/2019)
Ecorse.  (4/8/2019)
Garden City.  (4/13/2019)
Hamtramck.  (4/5/2019)
Highland Park.  (4/6/2019)
Inkster.  (4/12/2019)
Lincoln Park.  (4/10/2019)
Redford Township.  (4/15/2019)
River Rouge.  (4/7/2019)
Wyandotte.  (4/9/2019)

Source:  Georgetown Public Policy Review

Disappearing cities of the Mountain State

Other disappearing West Virginia cities:
Bluefield.  (3/20/2019)
Charleston.  (3/14/2019)
Clarksburg.  (3/19/2019)
Fairmont.  (3/18/2019)
Huntington.  (3/15/2019)
Logan.  (3/22/2019)
Parkersburg. (3/16/2019)
South Charleston.  (3/21/2019)
Weirton.  (3/17/2019)
Wheeling  (1/16/2019)

                    Disappearing cities of the Buckeye State

Source:  Cleveland Plain Dealer

Other disappearing cities of the Buckeye State:
Akron. (2/28/2019)
Brook Park (3/3/2019)
Cambridge.  (2/27/2019)
Canton.  (3/1/2019)
Cleveland.  (1/2/2019)
Cleveland Heights.  (3/5/2019)
East Cleveland. (3/2/2019)
East Liverpool.  (2/18/2019)
Euclid.  (3/4/2019)
Gallipolis.  (2/23/2019)
Garfield Heights (3/6/2019)
Ironton.  (2/24/2019)
Lakewood.  (3/8/2019)
Maple Heights, 3/7/2019)
Martins Ferry.  (2/21/2019)
Parma.  (3/9/2019)
Pomeroy.  (2/22/2019)
Portsmouth.  (2/25/2019)
Steubenville.  (2/20/2019)
Warren.  (1/18/2019)
Youngstown.  (1/9/2019)
Zanesville.  (2/26/2019)

Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State

Aliquippa.  (1/12/2019)
Ambridge.  (1/17/2019)
Arnold.  (1/18/2019)
Braddock.  (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale.  (1/21/2019)
Charleroi.  (1/22/2019)
Chester.  (1/23/2019)
Clairton.  (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis.  (1/25/2019)
Dickson City.  (1/26/2019)
Donora.  (1/27/2019)
Duquesne.  (1/28/2019)
Farrell.  (1/29/2019)
Harrisburg.  (2/12/2019)
Homestead.  (1/30/2019)
Johnstown.  (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks.  (1/31/2019)
McKeesport.  (2/1/2019)
Monessen.  (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke.  (2/3/2019)
New Castle.  (2/4/2019)
New Kensington.  (2/5/2019)
Oil City.  (2/6/2019)
Pittsburgh.  (1/13/2019)
Pittston. (2/7/2019)
Scranton.  (1/14/2019)
Shamokin.  (2/8/2019)
Sharon.  (2/9/2019)
Steelton.  (2/11/2019)
Swissvale.  (2/13/2019)
Titusville.  (2/10/2019)
Uniontown.  (2/14/2019)
Washington.  (2/15/2019)
Willkes-Barre.  (2/16/2019)
Wiklinsburg.  (2/17/2018)

Other U.S. disappearing cities

Baltimore, Maryland.  (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan.  (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois.   (1/5/2019)
Detroit, Michigan.  (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois.  (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan.  (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana.  (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri.  (1/2/2019)