New Baltimore

History

New Baltimore incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1931. Previously, it was split between Macomb and St. Clair counties; however, in the 1970s, the city was able to petition to adjust the county boundaries such that it would align with the city's eastern border. This placed New Baltimore completely in Macomb County, where it remains to this day. The town sits on the waterfront along Lake St. Clair's Anchor Bay, and offers a public park, beach, and downtown-shopping district. Prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous tribes are known to have inhabited much of New Baltimore's shoreline for thousands of years, and in the 1800s the land was recorded to have many ancient burial mounds and man made earth-works. W.B Hinsdale excavated multiple sites in New Baltimore, and recorded his countless findings in his novels in the early 20th century. Most of these locations have long been destroyed by treasure hunters and developed over, with an unfortunate though seemingly familiar lack of regard to the public's knowledge of the city's vast history with indigenous tribes. German explorer Pierre Yax (b.1763) in Grosse Pointe, New France (now Michigan) was the first recorded non-Native American in the New Baltimore area. Pierre Yax was a son of Johan Michael Jacks, the first German in what would eventually become the state of Michigan. Later, other French settlers came to this area and took residence along the waterfront and rivers. They developed farms that had narrow frontage of 400 of 900 feet and extended inland from the water. Generally, the depth of the parcel was determined by how far a man could plow or cultivate in a day. The first evidence of a settled community came in 1845, when a Mount Clemens businessman, Alfred Ashley, platted of land…

Geography

New Baltimore is in eastern Macomb County, with its eastern border following the St. Clair County line. It is on the northern shore of Anchor Bay, the northernmost part of Lake St. Clair. Highway M-29 passes through the city as Main Street, leading east to Algonac on the St. Clair River and west to Interstate 94 in Chesterfield Township. New Baltimore is northeast of Mount Clemens, the Macomb county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 31.6%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  15,116
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,250
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,220
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  14,166
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,822
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,759
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,496
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,198

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2026-05-04
  8 km N of Maybee, Michigan
• M 3 — 2026-04-26
  7 km SSE of Amherstburg, Canada
• M 2.5 — 2022-05-23
  2 km NNW of Corunna, Canada
• M 3.2 — 2020-08-21
  2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
• M 3.4 — 2018-04-20
  Michigan
• M 2.6 — 2017-05-14
  18 km ENE of Leamington, Canada