Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit: Eastpointe, Michigan

It all started here.

The New York Times, 2/2/1987

A name is a name is a name in most places, but not in this blue-collar suburb. 

After 58 years in the shadow of the trouble-weary city across the border, some residents want to take the ''Detroit'' out of East Detroit. 

They want to change the state map, the county map, the East Detroit Post Office and the East Detroit Fire Department, the East Detroit Bakery and the East Detroit Cab Company, the addresses of all 38,000 residents and the four ''Welcome to East Detroit'' signs at East Detroit's borders. 

Proponents of changing the name say that even nominal association with Detroit has scared away developers and lowered property values and egos.

Source:  Wikipedia

Eastpointe's population peaked at 45,920 in 1970. Its 2017 estimated population is 32,511 -- a drop of 13,409 (29%).

Incorporated as the village of Halfway in 1924 and reincorporated as the city of East Detroit in 1929 and in 1940, East Detroit changed its name to Eastpointe in 1992.  It is located on the southern edge of Macomb County and borders the northeast corner of Detroit.

Disappearing cities of Metro Detroit.
Allen Park.  (4/11/2019)
Berkley.  (4/20/2019)
Clawson.  (4/22/2019)
Dearborn Heights.  (4/14/2019)
Detroit.  (1/1/2019)
Ecorse.  (4/8/2019)
Ferndale.  (4/18/2019)
Garden City.  (4/13/2019)
Hamtramck.  (4/5/2019)
Harper Woods.  (4/16/2019)
Hazel Park.  (4/17/2019)
Highland Park.  (4/6/2019)
Inkster.  (4/12/2019)
Lincoln Park.  (4/10/2019)
Pontiac.  (4/21/2019)
Redford Township.  (4/15/2019)
River Rouge.  (4/7/2019)
Royal Oak.  (4/19/2019)
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)