Romulus

History

The first white settler in Romulus was Samuel Polyne, a French Canadian, who settled on section 2 in 1826, though he left soon after the township was organized in 1835. The first settler in the village proper (prior to the 1865 annexation of the whole village and township into one city) was Samuel McMath, who moved from New York state to the area in 1827. He improved land and planned to bring his family to settle there, but he died before he could carry out this plan. Solomon Whitaker, Charles and Joseph Pulcifer located in the area in 1830, and in 1833, Jenks Pullen and his six sons settled at what became known as "Pullen's Corners" (located in section 19 at the intersection of Ozga and Goddard roads, now commonly called "Five Points"). Pullen's Corners was platted in 1836. The community later took on the name of the township. The township of Romulus was set off from a part of Huron Township by an act of the Michigan Territorial Council on March 17, 1835, and the first township meeting was held on April 16, 1835, two years before the State of Michigan was admitted in to the Union (1837), in the house of Joseph T. Pullen. The first supervisor was David J. Pullen. The township's name was changed to "Wayne" on March 19, 1845, but was changed back to Romulus on January 16, 1848. The village of Romulus was platted on the Lansing B. Misner estate in 1871. Romulus was a stop of the Underground Railroad in the 1800s when slaves fled the inhumane conditions of plantations in the South for the free states of the North. There were two stops in Romulus and those structures are still intact to this day. * Samuel Kingsley Home is a famous historic landmark in Romulus. During slave times, Samuel R. Kingsley lived in a house on Ozga Rd near Pullens Corners, what is today known…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.95%) is water. Romulus is in the south-central portion of Wayne County. Interstate 94 (I-94) and I-275 run through the city. The City of Romulus is bordered to the north by Van Born Road, to the south by Pennsylvania Road, to the east by Inkster Road, and to the west by Hannan Road.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  24,081
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20,716
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  20,304
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,827
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,153
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16,999
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  16,705
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,515

Largest nearby schools

• Dearborn High School
  High · DEARBORN · 1,969 students · 20.7:1 ratio
• Belleville High School
  High · BELLEVILLE · 1,770 students · 21.9:1 ratio
• Star International Academy
  Other · DEARBORN HEIGHTS · 1,698 students · 20:1 ratio
• Edsel Ford High School
  High · DEARBORN · 1,639 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• John Glenn High School
  High · WESTLAND · 1,542 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Taylor High School
  High · TAYLOR · 1,394 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• Lincoln Park High School
  High · LINCOLN PARK · 1,367 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Wayne Memorial High School
  High · WAYNE · 1,361 students · 18.4:1 ratio

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 — 2024-03-18
  4 km WSW of Millbury, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2023-05-20
  3 km SSE of Walbridge, Ohio
• M 3.2 — 2020-08-21
  2 km SSE of Detroit Beach, Michigan
• M 3.4 — 2018-04-20
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