The City of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is in the southeastern quadrant of Oakland County. Bordered by Birmingham on the southeast, it is otherwise surrounded by Bloomfield Township.
Primarily residential, Bloomfield Hills is home to several educational, religious, and cultural institutions, but there is also a prominent commercial region near the City Center.
A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Bloomfield Hills is about twenty-five miles northwest of downtown Detroit. The chief route through the city is M-1, which enters the northwest quadrant of the city and exits in the southeast corner. Other routes include Charing Cross Road, Covington Road, Cranbrook Road, Eastways Road, Hickory Grove Road, Kensington Road, Lahser Road, Lone Pine Road, Long Lake Road, Opdyke Road, Vaughan Road, and Quarton Road.
Pontiac is 5.0 miles northwest of the city, while Orchard Lake is 6.4 miles west, Troy is 6.7 miles southeast, Auburn Hills is 7.5 miles north, Southfield is 7.9 miles south, and Rochester Hills is 10.1 miles northeast.
Prior to the 19th century, a Native American trail came through the area that would later become Bloomfield Hills, connecting the Detroit area with Saginaw Bay and the Straits of Mackinac. The first European-American to acquire land in the area was Colonel Benjamin H. Pierce, the brother of Franklin Pierce, who would soon be elected president. The land entry by Colonel Pierce was filed on January 28, 1819, but there is no record of his actually settling the land.
Later that year, Judge Amasa Bagley became the first permanent settler of the town, initially known as Bagley's Corners, later Bloomfield Center, and now Bloomfield Hills. Other early settlers were John W. Hunter, John Hamilton, and Elijah Willets. William Morris opened a tavern, where township meetings were held for several years.
In 1820, Oakland County was divided into Bloomfield Township and Pontiac Township, with Bloomfield covering the southern part of the county. The area that would later become Bloomfield Hills was agricultural until the early 20th century, at which time wealthy residents of Detroit began buying up the land.
A one-room schoolhouse was built in 1850, and the Oakland Railway extended its tracks from Detroit to Pontiac, along the Saginaw Trail, establishing a depot at what was then known as Bloomfield Centre in 1897. In 1912, Bloomfield Hills Seminary was opened and, that same year, the Bloomfield Hills Country Club was completed, and Bloomfield Open Hunt was founded in 1917. Bloomfield Hills was incorporated as a village in 1927, and as a city in 1932. A post office was established on February 26, 1929, with Eugene Watson as its first postmaster.
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Chartered by Christ Church Cranbrook, Troop 1005 is part of the North Star District of the Great Lakes Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Troop schedules and updates are published to the site, its leaders are acknowledged, and a contact form is available on the site. Boy Scout activity forms and other documents may be downloaded from the site, and payments for membership dues, deposits, and scouting events may be made online. Eagle Scouts are highlighted.
https://www.t1005.org/
A member of the Great Lake Field Service Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1022 has been in operation since 1960, meeting at Conant Elementary School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Its unit awards are highlighted, and a calendar of events is published to the site. A troop historian’s blog and photo gallery are available, and its Eagle Scouts are acknowledged. Other resources include various forms, links to other scouting-related sites, and a private login for members.
https://www.troop1022.org/
Almost completely surrounded by Bloomfield Township, except for a section along its south-east border with Birmingham, the city if a Metro Detroit suburb. The official municipal website posts contacts for the city staff and elected officials, as well as council agendas and minutes, city ordinances, and property tax information. City boards and commissions are acknowledged, maps, and an overview of the city, which includes demographics and historic data, are presented.
http://www.bloomfieldhillsmi.net/
Made up of boys in kindergarten through the fifth grade, Cub Scout Pack 1014 is chartered by the Eastover Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America youth organization. Featured are a calendar of events, pack news, a leadership directory, and access to various forms and other documents. Pages for its Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos 1 and Webelos 2 dens are included.
http://www.pack1014.org/
Featuring a two-story atrium lobby, business center, and lounge, the hotel in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan features pillow-top beds, wireless Internet, large HDTVs, mini-refrigerators, and walk-in showers in each room, and some rooms have a balcony overlooking the courtyard, while its suites offer a separate living area with a sofa bed. Hotel amenities, a photo gallery, and its in-house dining facilities are highlighted. Directions, contacts, and online bookings are available.
https://doubletreebloomfieldhills.com/
Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the Iroquois Club hosts weddings, bar mitzvahs, birthday celebrations, baby showers, corporate parties, and other events, offering a staff of culinary professionals, managers, and planners to help plan the event from start to finish, with a capacity of from fifteen to two hundred guests. The location and several photographs of the facilities are featured, and additional information may be requested through an online form.
https://www.theiroquoisclub.com/
A full-service power-sports vehicle dealership in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, MotorCity carries a large inventory of new and pre-owned vehicles from a wide range of makes and models, including ATVs, PWCs, UTVs, motorcycles, 3-wheelers, dirt bikes, scooters, and watercraft from such manufacturers as BRP, Can-Am, Honda, Kawasaki, Polaris, Suzuki, and Yamaha. Photos, descriptions, and asking prices are provided, and online shopping is supported. Its location and hours are posted.
https://www.motorcitypowersports.com/
Oakland Veterinary Referral Services
OVRS is a locally owned and operated veterinary facility on South Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, offering emergency and specialty veterinary medical services. With more than twenty board-certified veterinary specialists and experienced emergency veterinary physicians, its referral center can meet any emergency and specialty veterinary need at any time of the day or night. Information for referring veterinarians and pet owners is provided, and a blog is included.
https://www.ovrs.com/
