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Allen Park’s history is
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The public archives hold only 13 old photos of Allen Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Allen Park was incorporated as a village in 1927, and as a city in 1957. It was named after Lewis Allen, a well-to-do lawyer and lumberman whose 276½ acres of land (primarily in Ecorse Township) included holdings in what are now Allen Park and Melvindale. Hubert Champaign (for whom Champaign Park is named) and Edward Pepper were two other early residents of the area.

In 1950 Allen Park did not include the part of the city directly west of Melvindale; that area was still part of Ecorse Township.

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Allen Park, decade by decade

Before
2000
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Then & now

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