Local History

Located at Woodward and 12 Mile Road.  First settled largely by Detroiters to escape the higher cost of living there.  Incorporated as a village in 1923 and as a city in 1932.  Elmer Cromie named the road that ran through his farm Berkley and the Berkley School was then under construction, so Berkley was selected for the name.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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